New Delhi: Backed by spectacular hat-trick by striker Tim Weah,  United States has trounced  Paraguay 5-0 in the pre-quarterfinal of the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017.

In a fast-paced encounter, the Americans put up their best performance of the tournament to make it to their sixth quarter-finals of the U-17 showpiece event.

USA had finished third in Group A while Paraguay had topped Group B and today's pre-quarterfinal match was expected to be a tight one but in the end it turned out to be a completely one-sided match as the South American side never seemed to turn up.

Weah struck in the 19th, 53rd and 77th minutes while Andrew Carleton and captain Josh Sargent joined the American party in the 63rd and 74th minute in front of the 34,895 spectators at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

USA, who had beaten India 3-0 in their campaign opener, will now play the winner of Tuesday's pre-quarterfinal match between England and Japan. The quarter-finals will be held Margao on October 21.

The big crowd, who turned up at the venue for a non India match got the worth of their money as they watched a fest though the Praguayans turned out to be a complete mismatch with trio of Weah, Sargent and Carleton simply destroyed the Paraguayans.

Weah made a clinical first touch finish with his left foot for his first goal, directing the perfect low cross from the right by Ayo Akinola in the 19th minute.

The second was a spectacular shot from the left edge of the box after a clinical first touch, which curled round the diving goalkeeper to hit the right corner of the net.

The third was a simple and easy chance after Weah was nicely set up by Carleton in front of an open goal.