By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent
From MLM.com:
LEHI, UT— June 5, 2009
— XanGo, LLC, the mangosteen beverage category creator and market
leader, joined Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake (RSL) to announce today
that legendary Mexican soccer Club C.F. América will face RSL July 11
at 6 p.m. MDT in the 2009 XanGo Cup. This year’s international friendly
will mark the 4th annual XanGo Cup, an event that has
brought world-renowned soccer clubs to Salt Lake City, including Real
Madrid, Everton FC, Boca Juniors and Club Santos Laguna.
“XanGo is proud to once again team with Real Salt Lake to create a
world-class event in our home state,” said XanGo Founder/Board Member
Gordon Morton. “The XanGo Cup is a source of pride among XanGo’s
employees and our one million independent distributors, and with Club
América – Mexico’s most recognized club – visiting town, there will be
special excitement at XanGo since Mexico has emerged as our largest
international market outside the U.S. We hope RSL fans will fill the
stadium to support our home town team and to welcome a worthy
international competitor.”
Club América’s participation in this summer’s XanGo Cup continues a
tradition of bringing world-class international soccer to Utah and
fulfills a commitment made by XanGo and Real Salt Lake in 2006, when
the global health and wellness company signed on as the first
jersey-front sponsor in U.S. major league sports, said Morton.
“The arrival of Club América as this summer’s XanGo Cup participant
continues the spectacular lineup of world-class soccer at Rio Tinto
Stadium this year,” said Real Salt Lake President Bill Manning,
referring to the July 29 MLS All-Star Game featuring Everton FC
(England) and the U.S. Men's World Cup Qualifier on Sept. 5 vs. El
Salvador. “The tradition that XanGo and RSL have grown together
annually through the XanGo Cup continues the storied progression of
teams that have visited Utah.”
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