Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders will face off against Brazilian Serie A champions Botafogo in the group stage of the Club World Cup on Sunday.

Sales for the FIFA Club World Cup, a series of precursor games ahead of next year’s North American World Cup, were already lackluster when, last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection bragged online about how its agents would be “suited and booted and ready to provide security for the first round of games.

Everything you need to know about the Seattle Sounders competing at the FIFA Club World Cup including key players to watch, opponent breakdowns and more.

Seattle soccer fans will have a chance to watch 17-year-old star Franco Mastantuono when River Plate faces the Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday at Lumen Field.

Botafogo head into the break with a commanding 2-0 lead in this FIFA Club World Cup 2025 clash. Jair Cunha opened the scoring in the 28th minute with a header, before Igor Jesus doubled the lead with a sharp header off Vitinho's pinpoint cross just before halftime.

The Seattle Sounders secured their spot in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup by winning the 2022 Concacaf Champions League. This victory earned them one of Concacaf's four berths in the expanded 32-team tournament The Sounders previously participated in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup where they were eliminated in the second round by Egypt's Al Ahly.

Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, two of the best clubs in the world, are showing their early dominance at the tournament. Meanwhile, some non-European squads, like Brazilian club Palmeiras and Botafogo, are putting up strong performances to open the group stage.

The streets of Pioneer Square were flooded by attendees of the FIFA Club World Cup, a prelude to the 2026 World Cup, boosting local revenue and hotel occupancy.