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This story was updated, Saturday, February 22 after University of Michigan associate athletic director Dave Ablauf confirmed previous reports that the University of Michigan has had discussions with tournament and team officials about an International Champions Cup game between Real Madrid and Manchester United at Michigan Stadium. He said nothing has been finalized.

It's official. Kind of. Or at least it was for a little while. The University of Michigan will host a game between Real Madrid and Manchester United.

The International Champions Cup website briefly had the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor listed as the host of the Real Madrid vs. Manchester United soccer game.

The International Champions Cup website briefly had the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor listed as the host of the Real Madrid vs. Manchester United soccer game.

Or at least that's what the

2014 International Champions Cup website

said for a brief period of time on Friday afternoon. The official website for the 2014 International Champions Cup featured an image that had the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor listed at the site of a game between the European soccer powers slated for August 2 at 4:06 p.m. The image was removed around 5 p.m. and the website now says the location is to be determined.

This comes just one day after the International Champions Cup announced all but two of the locations for the 12 matchups featuring eight European soccer powers that will be played across the United States this summer. It has been rumored that Real Madrid and Manchester United would play a game in Ann Arbor since January 31, but neither officials with the school, teams or tournament have confirmed this to be the case.

Tournament organizers did however send out an email promoting ticket sales Thursday afternoon and had Ann Arbor listed as one of the host cities. Michigan associate athletic director David Ablauf said Thursday evening that there's nothing to report on the University's end. Tournament spokesperson Nick Rosen-Wachs told the Michigan Daily on Friday that nothing could be confirmed and that ICC organizers planned to announce the venue for the game in March. Rosen-Wachs did tell The Daily that the International Champions Cup has been in serious discussion with the University about holding the game at Michigan Stadium. Ablauf confirmed as much on Saturday, but reiterated that nothing had been finalized, yet.

Rosen-Wachs, Ablauf and officials and Manchester United were not immediately available for comment on Friday. A Real Madrid spokesperson said in an email that the team would not be doing interviews at this time regarding the summer schedule.

Pete Cunningham covers sports for The Ann Arbor News. Follow him on Twitter @petcunningham.