Meanwhile, in South America...

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natbaker natbaker posted 7/3/2008 from soccer-source.blogspot.com [flag]
..Ecuador's LDU Quito won the Copa Libertadores by virtue of a penalty kick shoot-out in Wednesday night's second leg of the finale. The Copa Libertadores, for the uninitiated, is almost certainly the second biggest club competition on the planet. Unfortunately, it doesn't get much coverage outside of South/Latin America... [link]

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