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# Lobbing Scorchers Kickoff: Sounders compete with dignity vs. Botafogo
- URL: https://lobbingscorchers.com/blog/lobbing-scorchers-kickoff-sounders-compete-with-dignity-vs-botafogo/
- Published: 2025-06-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-16T05:42:11.000Z
- Author: Noah Riffe
- Tags: podcast, Kickoff, Seattle Sounders, World Cup, Cristian Roldan

Despite a spirited second-half comeback attempt, the Seattle Sounders fell 2-1 to Botafogo in their Group B opener of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

Could the Rave Green have done more to win this game? We take stock of the narrow defeat, which featured a 75th-minute goal from Cristian Roldan that halved a 2-0 deficit.