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LOS ANGELES STADIUM A day before the USA mens national team produced its most lopsided victory in almost a centurys worth of FIFA World Cup appearances, head coach Mauricio Pochettino mentioned something that felt like a throwaway remark at the time. In their opening match of the 2026 tournament, the USAs players "need to think tomorrow and play like they are a child," he said, "and without pressure, without responsibility." Did they ever. In front of a huge home crowd of more than 70,000 fans, Pochettinos squad demolished a Paraguayan side that had qualified for this World Cup by conceding just 10 goals in 18 qualifying matches beating Brazil and defending champion Argentina along the way with a 4-1 win on Friday night. The Stars and Stripes were brave. They were relentless going forward, the risk of a counterattack be damned. They suffocated their battle-tested South American opponent from the opening whistle and didnt let up until the very end, when Gio Reyna added a beautiful fourth goalin the final seconds of stoppage time. The poor Paraguayans never knew what hit them, as the USA scored its most goals ever in a single World Cup match. Most of all, the co-hosts played freely. Unburdened. Like kids. "We just wanted to go out there and feel like how we felt whenever we would play pickup ball," said midfielder Weston McKennie, whose attempted pass to Folarin Balogun in the seventh minute resulted in the own goal that sent the World Cup co-hosts on their way. "We wanted to go out there and just have fun." Just a few weeks ago, even diehard USA fans were wondering if their team was capable of a respectable showing at the second World Cup staged on American soil. Badly outclassed by European powers Belgium and Portugal in March, supporters couldnt be blamed for fearing the worst. A win over Senegal in their penultimate tune-up and a respectable loss to Germany last week restored cautious optimism. Still, few couldve predicted kicking off the World Cup campaign in such glorious fashion. After having a would-be goal ruled offside after review, striker Folarin Balogun scored twice, the second a left-footed rocket into the top corner of the visitors' net. The U.S. dominated possession. Paraguay scored in the second half on its only shot of the evening, but the truth is the home side couldve even added a few more. Still, it was a historically good showing on the biggest stage in soccer one that they can build on as the tournament progresses. "That's the first performance that the fans can really be proud of," veteran left back Antonee "Jedi" Robinson said. "We're a competitive team, and we mean business." Now, the challenge is to do it again. As impressive as Friday night was for the Americans, it wont mean much if they fail to win their next two Group D contests. "Well try and put in another similar performance against Australia and Trkiye, and go from there," said captain Tim Ream, who at 38 became the oldest American ever to appear in a World Cup match. The key could be Balogun in attack. It wasnt immediately clear afterward if Christian Pulisic will be available for next Fridays meeting with the Socceroos in Seattle. The U.S. headliner, who was involved in the first two American goals vs. Paraguay, took a kick to the left calf and said hes "hoping I'll be fine the next few days." Either way, Baloguns presence takes some of the scoring load off of Pulisic. Speaking of history, the AS Monaco striker made some of his own on Friday, becoming the first American to notch multiple tallies in the same match in almost a century. "When you have a goal-scorer who's confident like he is at the moment," midfielder Tyler Adams said, "that's huge." So is the World Cup experience that many of these players came into the competition with. Four years after starting 11 debutants in their opener at Qatar 2022, more than half of Pochettinos lineup was composed of players whod been there before. "To win 4-1 against a team like Paraguay says a lot, especially in the opening game, but we also know that that's just a start," McKennie said. "This is something that we don't want to over-celebrate." Not yet anyway. After all, theyve still got plenty left to prove to their doubters, and to themselves. "Its easy to do it in one game; you then have to back that up," Ream said. "That," he added, "is obviously the goal for us."

The Knicks' hometown hero is standing tall on the game's biggest stage

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 10: OG Anunoby #8 of the New York Knicks celebrates after scoring the go-ahead basket against the San Antonio Spurs in the final seconds with Karl-Anthony Towns #32 and Jordan Clarkson #00 during the fourth quarter in Game Four of the 2026 NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden on June 10, 2026 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) | Getty ImagesAt first, you dont see him. Like the rest of the 19,812 people in the Garden, or the 23.2 million viewers watching elsewhere, youre following the ball. Jalen Brunson takes one jabbing step forward before Victor Wembanyama and DeAaron Fox rush to converge on him, and then he uses the momentum from springing back to jump and lightly launch the ball on a rainbow arc toward the basket. There are a few milliseconds where nobody on the floor appears to move or react and then, as they reflexively all fall in toward the basket, OG Anunoby is there.Its hard to track even in replay because Anunoby is moving so fast there isnt a point you can pause the tape and his body wont be blurred. All the regular metaphors dont work. Hes not an arrow, nor a missile (easy, warmonger), maybe the closest is a diving bird of prey, but then we cant know for sure if a raptor factors in faith with its instincts.In about five strides, starting from the end of the scorers table where he inbounded to Brunson, Anunoby catches up with the ball. By then Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper are also jumping after him, so that three long arms are tangling toward pebbled orange leather. Anunoby is not first because hes fast, or because he didnt hesitate to start his thundering run toward the rim, or because hes stronger or more athletic. Theyre all factors, but the main reason is that each component the long stride, knowing when to lift from the floor, the ability to soften touch just enough to tip a ball rather than swat it with momentums full force is reflexive. Practiced alone or in sequence hundreds of times. In games, in actual practice, in his head, stakes varying but stakes not really a factor. He did it all not knowing whether Castle or Harper would throw him off course with their bodies, or whether the ball might bounce wide. He did it because Anunobys career arc that led to, well, that arc, has been one of effort, willingness and the ability to take himself out of any given moment as its main actor, even if he is. Benevolence, you could say (Karl-Anthony Towns did: The right hand of god, cant spell god without OG), but mostly, very mortal work.OG Anunoby didnt officially play in the AAU tournament where he was discovered and recruited by Indiana University. He was on the floor grabbing steals, sprinting up and down the court, dunking, hitting threes, and of course, tipping the ball, but his name wasnt listed in any of the Atlanta tournaments programs. Tom Crean, Indianas then-coach, was posted at the baseline with his assistants to watch a couple other highly touted prospects and found themselves instead captivated by Anunoby. They flipped through the tournaments compiled player guides and found no record of him.Anunoby had initially been scratched because of a broken wrist that ended his junior year at Jefferson City early, so his name wasnt in any of the tournament material. Crean tracked him down through the tournaments director and invited Anunoby to campus, then recruited him.There is the sense with much of the NBA draft and scouting pipeline that beyond the more highly touted names, you have to go searching. Not only for talent, but for fit, style, skill, all weighed against a young athletes health and longevity, prospects must be future-proofed. Even the very best at this kind of scouting get it wrong, and the very best also acknowledge how much luck and timing play a part. When you really start to consider the conditions necessary for a person to get drafted, and then land on a team that will have a complementary development program or a plan for that person at all, it becomes even more of a wonder who makes it and who sticks around in the league.Anunoby wound up being drafted by the Toronto Raptors because he was coming off a devastating ACL injury that ended his sophomore year at Indiana after 16 games. Masai Ujiri, then the Raptors President, admitted it, saying on draft night that If he doesnt have that injury, I dont think we have a shot. Anunoby had slipped to 23rd.Even if the Raptors werent expecting Anunoby, they were ready for him. A group that had doggedly lost in only the most wrenching ways for seasons, even before the three sequential postseason defeats that coined the term LeBronto, the locker room Anunoby joined had a particularly honed hard-nosed ethos with the bone-deep understanding of what it means to chip away. The Raptors were pests. For an athlete who used to call his high school coaches relentlessly to let him into the gym, and then call the middle school coaches when the high school coaches stopped answering, the fit felt like home.The Raptors style was all ugly intangibles, cumulative play that pushed high-touch, share-the-ball offense that while not blistering, was as relentless as the defense that sparked it. All of it backed by high-IQ decision-making, driven by floor savant Kyle Lowry.There is perhaps more elegance in the way the 2025-2026 NBA Finals Knicks are playing have evolved throughout the postseason to play but there is also a familiar DNA coursing through the team. Jalen Brunson is the engine and the ballast, Karl-Anthony Towns the wily big able to shift opponents around him at whim; Mikal Bridges the ace shooter, and Josh Hart the Swiss Army knife skillset deploying whats needed beyond the boxscore. If trying to mirror this Knicks team with that Raptors group, then Anunoby is the player he was compd to in his own drafts scouting: Kawhi Leonard. And yet, hes more.In his rookie season, Anunoby started his first NBA game on November 14th because Norman Powell suffered a hip injury that had him out for four games. A month later, Anunoby led all starter rookies in offensive and defensive rating, had the best turnover-to-assist ratio for a non-guard position, and held the third highest true shooting percentage.Sometimes, as a young player, you think too much and you try to get everything right. But when he comes in, he just plays, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said at the time. That young man is doing a good job.Anunoby cut his professional teeth on basketball that required repetition, work for the sake of the work. Those Raptors also had the kind of self-awareness that only comes after suffering big losses together, the sort of knocks that force the ego out of you. The team had plenty on the court, then lost DeMar DeRozan, and just before his second season began in Toronto, Anunobys father, his namesake, died. Anunoby was away from the team twice that fall, for a memorial for his father in Jefferson City and then for his burial in Nigeria.As in life, lows and loss can bring clarity. There was a deep level of care and regard for each other within that Raptors group. It only crystallized as the season continued. The saying play for each other is leaned on a lot in basketball, but with how changeable NBA rosters are teams dont consistently do it; unlikelier still that when watching, you can actually see it happening. Anunoby also missed Torontos championship run with what felt like flukiest appendicitis timing on earth; theres a sensation watching him win for, play for his Knicks teammates now that its that past version of Anunoby merging with the present one, finally unleashing the moves and motivation he had to put on ice in 2019.Of course, thats oversimplifying it. As The Athletics senior Raptors writer Eric Koreen laid out, Anunoby has come this far, improved to this point, because he works steadily on what needs improvement until he fixes it. It sounds simple, but its a rare and mercurial trait. Its common for a player to add one skill to their utility belt at a time a passable three-point shot, or getting better playing through contact and be finished for a while. Anunoby has worked with the same quiet persistence on his entire toolkit, and has flashed one or more of those sharpened and polished improvements in each game of this series.Going all the way back to his ghostly appearance in that AAU game, where he was a presence without a name, Anunoby has always been good at unsettling his defensive mark. Hell hang out in the corner, lulling opponents to think the defense is set, only to pop in and deflect the ball, or suddenly be behind them, a brick wall of a screen they turn right into. Hes been menacing Stephon Castle, DeAaron Fox, even Victor Wembanyama the same way. But Anunobys also guarded every NBA superstar with the cool unflappability on display now.Its been beautiful to see so many more people get acquainted with Anunobys nonplussed demeanour, a trait thats either a long-running bit or goes back to Anunoby Sr., who told his children to choose their words precisely and that if you have to talk, you should say something that doesnt take away from the conversation, but enriches it.Theres so little space given to one of the most common emotional phenomena felt as a fan, which is when a favorite leaves you. Whether the departure is drawn out or abrupt, amicable or acrimonious, the only constant is the recognition that its all part of the NBAs larger machine. A churning system. A system that, in its speed and mechanisation, enforces the idea that you are not supposed to care so much about what happens to a person whose footwork you memorised like steps to a dance.Perhaps thats the silver lining in losing a favorite player to a trade, that when they go on to bigger things, on much larger stages, you see flashes that take you back in your own fandom. Still, its disingenuous to Anunoby to suggest that what hes showing in this series is somehow out of nowhere, or wholly unexpected. Its just as false to point to the draft, or development, as ways to get the same result in a new form.NBA arcs arent replicable, as much as GMs and scouts pine for that to be true. There are beautiful, fleeting moments where an athletes past lines up with the present to flash a clear view back to potential as it unfolded, but that clarity is all in retrospect.The chain of events that led Anunoby to what could be his second title and first played-in Finals run are so individually keyed to his development: the physical setbacks, the group he grew with in Toronto, patience he had playing behind Pascal Siakam, then Kawhi Leonard; arriving in New York and to some degree starting again then again with Mike Brown. His competitive profile is just as tied to his lived experience, his family and upbringing, the dual confidence and necessity to be of service to others instilled in him by his father and mom, a Nigerian national track athlete, who he lost at just a year old.Its the singularity that makes him any athletes arc that traces these unique-as-fingerprint highs so special, that makes watching it happen all the more astonishing. Its only going to happen once.

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