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Real Salt Lake: Real Madrid backs out of exhibition with RSL

It is disappointing when you are supposed to have a relationship with an organization, and replacing Real Madrid with a couple teams from Mexico, where RSL will be treated like the visting team is not a suitable replacement. Bring in an team from Europe, get a USMNT match, but please do not try to pass of Club America or Pachuca as replacements for Real Madrid. Offer me a partial refund on my two season tickets, but please do not expect me to sit and watch a team from Mexico play and call it even.

Take the saved money and open the new stadium earlier, figure out how your going to do the seat transfer, put the money into getting better variety of merchandise, do something positive. Please do not revert back into the old RSL front office, and offer lame solutions. You have dissapointed your fans yet again, this time try your best to make lemonade out of this lemon.

Re: Denz

Real Madrid recently took out a large loan in order to pay off their quickly amassed debt. They publicly stated a few months ago that they lost something like $100 million in merchandising, endorsements, etc when they lost David Beckham. They admitted that being the reason for taking out the loan. With the US dollar taking a beating it doesnt make much financial sense for them to come and play us and it is quite apparent that the club needs quick money, despite being known as the richest soccer club in the world. Lay off of the RSL front office for this one, they didnt screw anything up. Sadly Club America or Guadalajara would probably draw about the same amount of fans as a Beckham-less Read Madrid and I am sure that Real Madrid will probably be back sooner than later.

RE: JBG

Why is it "sad" that Club America or Chivas would draw the same amount of support? My guess is it would be more, but why is that "sad"?

I wish they would come. Blast! Why does RSL have to be such a joke. How embarrassing.