With a stellar display which brings together figures of the stature of Katy Perry and the South Korean superstar Lisathe United States will inaugurate this Friday June 12 a historical World Cup, which is being held for the first time with three host countries and promises to break the audience records achieved in Qatar 2022 and Russia 2018.
The football festival will move to the city of Los Angeleslocated in the state of Californiawith a high-profile international line-up headed by pop star Katy Perry, South Korean Lisa and Brazilian Anitta. In addition, these artists will be accompanied by the rapper Future and the producer DJ Sanjoypopular in the United States.
Once the opening concert is over, the United States team will take the field of the SoFi Stadium to measure themselves against the Paraguay team starting at 7:00 p.m. Guatemala. By then, the three World Cup venues will have already hosted at least one match in the first two days of the 2026 World Cup.
Faced with this panorama, the US starts as favorite to take first place in Group D, ahead of Paraguay, Türkiye and Australia. However, from the next phase, the path could get complicatedsince they would face the third place in groups E or F, which includes teams such as Germany, Ecuador, Japan and the Netherlands.
June 12, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
The American Outlaws appear
The American Outlaws (AO)the main group of fans of the United States national team, both men and women, arrived in the city of Los Angeles, California, with more than 30 thousand members and the hope of seeing his team achieve victory in its new World Cup debut, in the return of the Cup to North America.
.@AmericanOutlaws taking over Hollywood Park 🇺🇸 @LosAngelesFWC26 pic.twitter.com/YcjAHdf5Gr
— SoFi Stadium (@SoFiStadium) June 12, 2026
June 12, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
Fans arrive at SoFi Stadium
Through social networks, hundreds of fans who are in the vicinity of the SoFi Stadium have shared images and videos of the atmosphere prior to the debut of the United States team against Paraguay, since those led by the Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino They will try to add their first points in the tournament.
All in for US pic.twitter.com/w15zP82pur
— US Soccer Men’s National Team (@USMNT) June 12, 2026