USA vs. Paraguay: Head-to-head record and past meetings ahead of 2026 World Cup clash

By Matt Law | 11 Jun 2026 09:07, Last updated: 11 Jun 2026 09:19

USA and Paraguay will lock horns at SoFi Stadium on Friday evening, as both sides get their respective 2026 World Cup campaigns underway.

The pair are competing in Group D at this summer's competition alongside Australia and Turkey.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between USA and Paraguay ahead of their battle in California.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 9

USA wins: 5

Draws: 2

Paraguay wins: 2

This is a fixture that has been played on nine previous occasions, with USA leading the overall head-to-head record five wins to Paraguay's two, while there have also been two draws.

The last meeting between the two sides was a friendly towards the end of 2025, with Giovanni Reyna and Folarin Balogun on the scoresheet for USA in a 2-1 success.

Six of their nine games have been friendlies, with the pair also meeting twice in the Copa America, with Paraguay winning 3-1 in July 2007 and USA triumphing 1-0 in June 2016.

Only once have USA and Paraguay met at a World Cup, which came all the way back in 1930, with USA recording a 3-0 victory courtesy of a hat-trick from Bert Patenaude, who is the all-time top goalscorer in this particular fixture with three.