The Seattle Sounders learned their Club World Cup fate on Friday when the full draw was announced. Their first match will be against the winner of the opening match between Egypt’s Al Ahly and New Zealand’s Auckland City. If the Sounders win that match, they’ll play a semifinal against Real Madrid. All the matches with be played in Tangier and Rabat, Morocco between Feb. 1-11.
This is all rather new for us, so we imagine you have a lot of questions. Let’s go!
Can you start off by just explaining what the Club World Cup is?