Uruguay: Defending champions Nacional were held to an unexpected 1-1 draw by Tacuarembo at the Centenario stadium on Friday night. After conceding a first-minute strike former Valencia winger Mario Regueiro earned Nacional a point with thirty minutes remaining in the game.
Uruguay´s most popular club, Penarol, claimed their second consecutive victory of the season, beating Cerro [...]

Nolberto Araujo, the Argentine defender of Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, confirmed that he is enjoying his vacations because he finally won´t return to his homeland to play for Boca Juniors.
“I just left a reunion with the directors. The case is closed and it is a shame because I had the desire to go to [...]

Deportivo Quito were proclaimed champions of Ecuador after beating Deportivo Cuenca 3-2 in the return leg of the grand final on Sunday. With two terrific strikes from Michael Arroyo and another from Daniel Mina, the side from the Ecuadorian capital won the title. Meanwhile, Edison Preciado and Ismael Villalba converted for Deportivo Cuenca.
The first leg [...]

Atletico Huila drew 1-1 with Deportes Tolima, a result that was beneficial for league leaders Independiente Santa Fe and Atletico Nacional, who also fought out a 1-1 draw in round 4 of the semi-finals of the Colombian national championship.
Atletico Huila who reached five points, went ahead through Jeison Quinonez in the 30th minute, while Deportes [...]

After claiming the 2009 Copa Sudamericana in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night — despite a clear 3-0 defeat to Fluminense at Rio de Janeiro’s famed Maracanã — Liga de Quito proved it’s in a stratosphere of its own.
The Ecuadorians, who won by a 5-4 aggregate score over the two legs, now can consider themselves one [...]

Despite suffering a heavy 3-0 defeat to Fluminense when down to nine men on Wednesday night at the Maracana stadium, Liga de Quito of Ecuador were crowned champions of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana. The Ecuadorians had won the first leg 5-1 in Quito last week, for a 5-4 aggregate victory.
Fluminense pushed to the attack immediately [...]

Despite suffering a 5-1 humiliation to Liga de Quito in the first leg of the final of the Copa Sudamericana in Ecuador last week, Fluminense believe that they have what it takes to thrash Liga and claim their first Copa Sudamericana title. Almost 45,000 tickets have already been sold for the game, as the Brazilians [...]

Jeison Murillo will make his dream move to Udinese of Italy from Deportivo Cali in the following days. The Colombian U-17 international was a vital part of the Cafeteros fourth place finish in the World Cup in Nigeria last month.
In five matches played in the tournament, the youngster was directly responsible for the fact that [...]

Alianza Lima progressed to the final of the Peruvian Descentralizado tournament after downing Jose Galvez 1-0 on Sunday.
Gustavo Costa´s side, leaders of Group A with 75 points, sneaked past Jose Galvez with a strike from Wilmer Aguirre in the 86th minute.
Alianza Lima’s win ended Juan Aurich’s title hopes, despite beating Sporting Cristal 1-0 with a [...]

Atletico Junior and Deportivo Pereira for Group A, and Deportes Tolima against Atletico Huila for Group B,  recorded draws in the third round of the semi-finals of the Colombian Torneo Finalizacion.
Junior went 2-1 up against Deportivo Pereira, with goals from Braynner Garcia and Teofilo Gutierrez, with Carlo Preciado scoring for Pereira, but the match was [...]