The spokesperson for CONCACAF, Benjamin Spencer, has told an interviewer from the newspaper Panama America that the association is investigating a possible match-fixing scheme to influence the results between Real Salt Lake and Arabe Unido during their game in the CONCACAF Champions League group play. The investigation comes in the wake of Real Salt Lake's 2-1 victory over Arabe Unido in the Group A game. Football clubs Toronto FC and Cruz Azul are also part of Group A but are not involved in the investigation. Source.
Club officials at Arabe Unido claim that three individuals approached them to try and bribe them for the game against RSL. This is what I read from the Panamanian press. Why would anyone try to bribe a small team like Arabe Unido?? It doesn't make a lot of sense.
Even better: they were asking Arabe Unido to bribe them. I wonder what exactly they were going to be able to do to "guarantee" a tie or win for AU with $10,000 - jump Beckerman and Sabo Tonya Harding-style?