{"id":32726,"date":"2025-06-12T16:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=32726"},"modified":"2025-07-05T23:49:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:49:26","slug":"obed-vargas-seattle-sounders-homegrown-star-has-no-ceiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/obed-vargas-seattle-sounders-homegrown-star-has-no-ceiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Obed Vargas: Seattle Sounders homegrown star has &#8220;no ceiling&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sounders FC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/obed-vargas\/\">Obed Vargas<\/a> is rapidly becoming one of the most-watched young players in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Sounders face Botafogo in their FIFA Club World Cup opener on Sunday, the 19-year-old midfielder from Anchorage, Alaska will be under the microscope of European scouts and clubs looking for the next breakout star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt this point, what I\u2019d say is I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s a club in the world that doesn\u2019t know who he is,\u201d Sounders general manager Craig Waibel said.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI mean, anyone who\u2019s got analytics, he\u2019s triggered and kind of set off the red alarms.<br>\n<br>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sounders FC\u2019s Obed Vargas is rapidly becoming one of the most-watched young players in the world. 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