The first showing for an MLS team in the Club World Cup didn’t last long.
The Seattle Sounders, winners of the 2022 Concacaf Champions League, took on Al Ahly on Saturday, and a match that didn’t see much action until the final minutes was decided by a late goal from the Egyptian side.
A tightly-contested first half didn't result in much in the way of scoring chances for either side, yet the Sounders largely were the better side. Yet Al Ahly grew into the game in the second half. As time went on, the 42-time Egyptian Premier League champions created more chances on the counterattack, before Afsha slotted home a deflected shot for the winner in the 88th minute.
