Socceroos suffer shootout heartbreak at World Cup

But Harry Souttar blasted the opening penalty into the stands, while Lucas Herrington hit the bar with the fourth.

Maty Ryan, surprisingly substituted in for Patrick Beach for penalties, didn't get near Egypt's spot-kicks as the Socceroos' hunt for a maiden knockout win goes on.

Egypt's Emam Ashour opened the scoring in the 13th minute in front of 70,244 fans at Dallas Stadium, before Aiden O'Neill's wicked free kick forced Mohamed Hany to head the ball into his own net in the 55th minute.

Beach pulled off an extraordinary diving save to send the game to extra time but it was in vain and Egypt will now progress to take on either Argentina or Cape Verde.