{"id":23619,"date":"2026-06-13T15:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T15:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/list-of-celebrities-at-us-triumphant-world-cup-opener-newsweek\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T15:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T15:09:40","slug":"list-of-celebrities-at-us-triumphant-world-cup-opener-newsweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/list-of-celebrities-at-us-triumphant-world-cup-opener-newsweek\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Celebrities At US&#039; Triumphant World Cup Opener &#8211; Newsweek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published<br \/>Jun 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM EDT<br \/>updated<br \/>Jun 13, 2026 at 10:35 AM EDT<br \/>Live News Reporter<br \/>The United States Men\u2019s National Soccer Team (USMNT) launched its home World Cup campaign with an emphatic statement on Friday night, defeating Paraguay 4-1 in their Group D opener at a sold-out SoFi Stadium in California.<br \/>The Americans effectively secured the match in the first half, racing to a commanding three-goal lead. Forward Folarin Balogun netting two historic goals, capitalizing on an early Paraguay own goal that opened the scoring. Gio Reyna added a fourth late in the second half to seal the dominant performance.<br \/>&#8220;It&#8217;s an amazing result,&#8221; U.S. captain Tim Ream told Reuters following the match. &#8220;It&#8217;s exactly the way we wanted to start the tournament.&#8221;<br \/>Yet almost as striking as the scoreline was the audience. The sellout crowd included a conspicuous A-list contingent, giving the opener the feel of a major Los Angeles event as much as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/the-world-cup-is-back-in-the-us-what-has-changed-32-years-later-opinion-12050393\">pivotal soccer match<\/a>.<br \/>The festivities began with a high-energy opening ceremony headlined by global pop star Katy Perry, who performed alongside an international lineup of artists including LISA, Anitta, Tyla, Rema, Future, Dan + Shay, and Purah\u00e9i Soul.<br \/>The star-studded crowd also featured soccer legend David Beckham\u2014who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier in the day\u2014sitting alongside Hollywood veteran Tom Cruise. High-profile figures from film, tech, and sports, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates, and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, were also in attendance.<br \/>The U.S. team will look to carry this momentum into their second group-stage match against Australia, scheduled for June 19 in Seattle.<br \/>Here is a list of celebrities who were seen at the match:<br \/><strong>Opening Ceremony Performers<\/strong>:<br \/><strong>Hollywood &#038; Entertainment<\/strong><br \/><strong>Music Industry Spectators<\/strong><br \/><strong>Sports Legends &#038; Executives<\/strong><br \/><strong>Public Figures &#038; High-Profile Guests<\/strong><br \/>\u00a9 <!-- -->2026<!-- --> Newsweek Digital LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQQkpZRXBIM2NIa2g2b1pxRW5LaUdrejVOWHlhb2JuclFWbHl4OER2NTg0cUJSVG9Xd0ZPdGRQZ1lHYUVYNmRLZGY4Slk2dzAxUTV1Y0VJS3h2MzVZQ0lCX2RDaTNlTVJPdFIxLUlpSnYwR0gwMk5kVmkxQU5YcGFFVWZqV29MVW1jSHF3UmpMeV8?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PublishedJun 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM EDTupdatedJun 13, 2026 at 10:35 AM EDTLive News ReporterThe United States Men\u2019s National Soccer Team (USMNT) launched its home World Cup campaign with an emphatic statement on Friday night, defeating Paraguay 4-1 in their Group D opener at a sold-out SoFi Stadium in California.The Americans effectively secured the match [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}