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Paraguay, the opening opponent for the U.S. in the World Cup, might have lost their best player to a freak injury on Friday.
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That had to have been the kind of thought running through the head of Paraguay star Julio Enciso on Friday night. Playing in a friendly exactly one week before opening against the United States, Paraguay's attacker went down in a heap. He was in tears. Clearly, this wasn't good.