CD Guadalajara to Face Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer at Rio Tinto Stadium on Wednesday, Oct.
Published on August 20, 2009 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
NEW YORK (Thursday, August 20, 2009) - Soccer United Marketing (SUM), together with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer, today announced that Mexico's most popular team, Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Chivas, will play against Real Salt Lake on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 9 p.m. ET at Rio Tinto Stadium as part of its 2009 U.S. tour. SUM represents the brand, marketing and promotional aspects of Chivas in the United States.
Advance sale ticket prices for the Oct. 7 Real Salt Lake vs. Chivas de Guadalajara match begin at $20, with group and season ticket holder purchase discounts available in every section of Rio Tinto Stadium. Prices start at just $20 for Upper Deck seats and those in the North and South Goals, $25 in the Corner Flag sections, $30 on the Lower Sidelines and $60 in the Front Row and Midfield areas. Advance purchase is encouraged, as day of game prices will increase $10 per ticket, regardless of location, for all seats purchased on Wednesday, Oct. 7. For more information, please visit www.RealSaltLake.com or www.RioTintoStadium.com. Tickets go on sale to the general public via www.RioTintoStadium.com on Friday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. MT.
Chivas de Guadalajara, considered the most popular club of the Primera División Mexicana (Mexican Soccer Federation's First Division), is followed by thousands of fans and is recognized at the highest international level. In particular to the communities in the United States due to their Mexican heritage, the club's policy of fielding only Mexican-born players runs deep with Mexican pride. Chivas is also Mexico's most successful team having won a record 11 titles since the start of the professional era.
This will not be the first time Chivas faces a Major League Soccer team, they have faced D.C. United, LA Galaxy, Houston Dynamo, New York Red Bulls and FC Dallas, previously in SuperLiga, CONCACAF Champions League and international friendlies. This will be the first time Chivas faces Real Salt Lake and the first time Chivas visits Salt Lake City, Utah. Chivas recently played an international match against FC Barcelona at Candlestick Park in San Francisco which resulted in a 1-1 draw in front of one of the largest crowds for a soccer match in the Bay Area.
Real Salt Lake will play its second international match this year, as they previously defeated Mexican team Club America 1-0 in July of this year. The match against Guadalajara will be the fifth match against a Mexican team and the 13 international match since 2005 for RSL.
The official sponsors of Guadalajara's U.S. Tour 2009 are Boost Mobile, Bud Light and Jose Cuervo.
CD Guadalajara - 2009 U.S. Tour Schedule
Aug. 8 FC Barcelona (Spain) San Francisco, CA Candlestick Park 1-1/ 61,572
Oct. 7 Real Salt Lake (MLS) Salt Lake City, UT Rio Tinto Stadium 9:00 p.m. ET
About Soccer United Marketing
Founded in 2002, Soccer United Marketing (SUM) is the preeminent soccer business company in North America. SUM holds the exclusive rights to the most important soccer properties in the region, including: all commercial rights to Major League Soccer; the United States Soccer Federation; promotional and marketing rights to Mexican National Team games played in the United States; the marketing and promotion of the CONCACAF Gold Cupâ¢, and marketing, promotional and broadcast rights to the prestigious eight-team Mexican club tournament - InterLigaâ¢. SUM also manages promotional and marketing rights in the United States for Mexico's most popular sports team, Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas).
In addition, SUM created SuperLiga, the innovative professional tournament between MLS and Mexico's First Division clubs that debuted in 2007, as well as the Pan-Pacific Championship, an international soccer tournament that crowns the top club from the Pan Pacific region. In 2008 SUM entered into a long term partnership with FC Barcelona which includes tours of the legendary Spanish club. These global properties are represented by SUM's slogan: One Sport. One Company.⢠For more information, please visit www.SUMworld.com.
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