Win against Tauro FC is key to keeping RSL’s core together

Loss vs. Tauro would deny Real a chance at salary-budget bonus.

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Talk about a fiscal cliff.

"There are definitely some decisions that have to be made if we don’t win this game," Borchers acknowledged. "Fortunately, I don’t have to be the one to make those decisions. But there’s definitely some tough decisions to be made."

Even a victory in Panama doesn’t assure anything, though.

It would simply keep alive RSL’s hopes until its final group-stage game against Herediano on Oct. 23, when the teams would be playing a pressure-packed game at Rio Tinto Stadium for the right to advance to the knockout rounds.

"This is business," midfielder Will Johnson said. "This is getting down to the nitty-gritty. This is where good teams win games that are important, and that’s what it’s all about."

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