🔻 Botafogo vs Seattle Sounders Live Match Today 2025 HD (0:0)

 Botafogo and the Seattle Sounders begin their journeys at the first edition of the expanded Club World Cup on Sunday in what could be the most important match of the group stage for these two teams.

How to watch Botafogo vs. Seattle Sounders

• Date: Sunday, June 15 | Time: 10 p.m. ET
• Location: Lumen Field -- Seattle, Washington
• Live stream: Watch on DAZN (Try for free)

The two sides, hailing from Brazil and the U.S., were placed in arguably the most competitive group, with games against Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid on the schedule for both Botafogo and the Sounders. These two, as a result, have slim odds of making it to the round of 16, making Sunday's group stage opener a make-or-break match for each of their hopes in this competition and for a sizable chunk of the $1 billion prize pot. The Sounders will have the benefit of home-field advantage not only on Sunday but for each of their three group stage games, which they will hope helps tip the scales in their favor somewhat.

Their odds and ambitions aside, each enters the competition in varying form. The Sounders are sixth in MLS' Western Conference and have two wins in their last five, while Botafogo have won four of their last five games and sit in eighth place in Brazil's Serie A after 11 matches. There is a great unknown about this game, much as there will be about many of the matchups at this new-look Club World Cup. These two sides rarely face off against rivals from each other's nations, which could make this game a measuring stick of sorts for not only the strength of each side, but their leagues and their confederations.