The Seattle Sounders lost 1-0 to Egypt’s Al Ahly SC on a late, heartbreaking deflected goal from substitute Mohamed Afsha. Seattle more than held their own as the first MLS team to ever compete in the Club World Cup, creating several promising chances in Saturday’s first half. But in the crucial moments the shots weren’t falling and the passes weren’t connecting.
The two sides went into halftime level, with the Sounders having looked like the team most likely to find a goal.
In the second half, the Sounders seemed to slow down as the difference in fitness between a team coming off of a four-week preseason and a team 15 games into their regular season started to show.