FIFA staff based in Miami wanted the 2025 Club World Cup to lean more heavily on smaller MLS stadiums, hoping FIFA would avoid empty seats and that hot-ticket events would boost revenues.

Seattle fought hard but could not complete an opening game comeback against the reigning Copa Libertadores and Brazilian champions

SEATTLE — Sounders FC lost to the reigning South American champion, Botafogo, in its first match of the Club World Cup on Sunday night at Lumen Field. Jair Cunha and Igor Jesus scored for Botafogo in the first half.

Fans looking to watch these matches can do so for free by using DIRECTV, which offers a free trial. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but has promotional offers available for streaming the match. DAZN is offering exclusive coverage of every match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and starts at $19.99 a month and also offers a flexible monthly plan.

Brazilian and South American champions Botafogo began their Club World Cup campaign with a 2-1 victory over MLS side Seattle Sounders in a Group B encounter at Lumen Field on Sunday.

Here's how to watch the game: Monday's game will be aired on TBS and truTV and can be steamed via DAZN. Chelsea vs LAFC kicks off at 3 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Thirty-two clubs from around the world will compete in the Club World Cup, which begins Saturday night when Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami hosts Al Ahly, the champions of the Egyptian Premier League. Messi and Miami are +100 favorites on the three-way moneyline for Saturday’s curtain-raiser.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will play the first game of the FIFA Club World Cup tomorrow against Al Ahly. The Argentine star faces a brand-new competition with Inter Miami since his arrival in the summer of 2023.