EFC Brief

The standout Everton thread here runs through Antonee Robinson, the left-back who came through the Toffees' system between 2015 and 2019 before forging his career elsewhere. Watching him line up in a United States side that ran out 4–1 winners over Paraguay carries that familiar Goodison pang of "what might have been." Folarin Balogun was the headline act with a first-half opener on 31' and a quick-fire second on 50', either side of an early United States goal on 7'. Christian Pulisic, long the subject of EFC chatter, added to the home dominance, with Giovanni Reyna sealing things late at 98'. For Paraguay, the EFC-linked pair of Miguel Almirón and Antonio Sanabria couldn't stem the tide — Almirón's name went in the book on 53' as the visitors' frustration grew. Maurício's 73' strike offered only brief consolation in a chastening night for the South Americans.