Al Ahly of Egypt defeated New Zealand's Auckland City 3-0 in Wednesday's Round One opener in Tangier, Morocco to set up a crunch second round clash against Seattle Sounders Fc of the United States

Hussein El Shahat struck just before halftime at Ibn Batouta Stadium and a clinical 1-v-1 finish from Mohamed Sherif in the 56th minute gave the African side some breathing room before Percy Tau put the game away four minutes from full-time.

Al Ahly, who are based in Cairo, are 42-time Egyptian Premier League winners. They've also won 10 CAF (Africa) Champions League titles and are three-time FIFA Club World Cup third-place finishers (as recently as 2020 & 2021).