Club World Cup

The MLS side were unlucky to lose to in-form giants of African soccer, Al Ahly.

Alex tries to block it and it goes in the goal. Big chances in terms of shots on goal were few and far between, but the Sounders did have opportunities to create openings, resulting in several corners and set pieces. Afsha’s subsequent volley wasn’t hit well but in trying to block the shot, Alex Roldan diverted it past Frei. That in itself was a positive, and somewhat surprising given the form the Egyptians have been in lately. The club from Major League Soccer (MLS) was making history simply by being in Morocco for this tournament, becoming As referee Anthony Taylor blew the final whistle, the players and staff on Al Ahly’s bench streamed onto the pitch in celebration.

The Seattle Sounders have been eliminated from the Club World Cup, after suffering a 1-0 loss to Al Ahly on Saturday at Ibn Batouta Stadium in Morocco.

With focus on the international tournament, their regular-season results began to dwindle. The team still has three weeks to prepare, before hosting the Colorado Rapids on the 26 at Lumen Field. But their run in the international competition was short lived, after failing to make an offensive impact.

RABAT (Reuters) - Asian champions Al Hilal netted a late equaliser to take their Club World Cup clash against Wydad Casablanca into extra time as the match ...

Al Hilal and Flamengo meet on Tuesday in Tangier with Real Madrid taking on either Al Ahly of Egypt or Seattle Sounders from the U.S. The elimination of the African champions will come as a major blow to the Moroccan organisers, hoping for more international success soon after their national team reached the World Cup semi-final in Qatar in December. RABAT (Reuters) - Asian champions Al Hilal netted a late equaliser to take their Club World Cup clash against Wydad Casablanca into extra time as the match finished 1-1 before triumphing in a penalty shootout on Saturday.

Seattle Sounders FC, with roughly a month's worth of preseason training and two exhibition matches to prepare for elite global competition, were bound to be ...

[João Paulo](https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/joao-paulo/), who subbed into the match in the 68th minute. We can't reverse and then do a second start." "The guys are pretty determined," said Schmetzer. [MLS Season Pass](https://www.mlssoccer.com/season-pass/), FS1). [Colorado Rapids](https://www.mlssoccer.com/clubs/colorado-rapids/) on Feb. That marked the midfielder's first competitive runout since tearing his ACL last May in the [CCL Final's second leg](https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/seattle-sounders-set-ccl-attendance-record-in-2022-final-vs-pumas) vs. "We're going to benefit so much from having him back." Afsha's initial shot rang the crossbar after a midfield turnover from [Danny Leyva](https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/danny-leyva/). "We're super happy to be here and be part of this, but you don't want to just be participants. That's really unfortunate after all of the effort the players put in." And we wanted to obviously win and move on." "We worked so hard during preseason, and they're a very good team.

The first MLS team to play in the Club World Cup is heading home from the FIFA tournament after one game. Mohamad Afsha scored in the 88th minute as ...

Al Hilal faces Brazil's Flamengo in the other semifinal. Also, forward Jordan Morris failed to connect on a header from one of the four corner kicks the Sounders had in the first half, during which Al Ahly had no shots on goal. "The guys are pretty determined," Schmetzer said. As the game looked headed to overtime, the Sounders’ young midfielder Daniel Leyva, who had replaced Cristian Roldan only a few minutes earlier, lost the ball in midfield. “I thought the game was going OK," Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer said. The Sounders faced fitness questions coming into this game as they are in the midst of preseason, 118 days removed from its last competitive game.

Afsha's 88th-minute goal earns the Egyptian side victory against their MLS opponents in Tangiers.

“Real Madrid is the best team in the world. Seattle were playing their first competitive match in three-and-a-half months while the rest of MLS was going through preseason preparations. "I also won the award in the 2020 and 2021 Champions League finals, but the important thing is that these games ended with Al Ahly winning.