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RSL parts ways with striker Alfredo Ortuño, the team’s highest paid player who contributed little

Disgruntled center forward Alfredo Ortuño is headed back to Spain after what can only be described as a failed stint at RSL and in Major League Soccer. The 27-year-old striker, brought in this offseason to strengthen and solve RSL’s center-forward depth, played all of 119 minutes in three appearances.

On Monday, the club announced it had mutually agreed to part ways with the forward. Ortuño earned one start, but never managed a shot or shot on goal in an RSL jersey. In three matches, all he registered were two offside whistles from a sideline official.

The striker returns to Spain to play at club Albacete Balompié in the country’s second division.