Winners:
Chilean club UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA overcame a two-goal deficit to down D.C. United, 3-2, in a round of 16, second-leg match in the Copa Sudamericana to advance, 4-3, on aggregate. United had gone ahead on a Christian Gomez goal and an own goal off the back of keeper Jose Maria Buljubasich, who was hit by a Gomez shot that bounced off the crossbar. Also, Buljubasich saved a penalty kick attempt by Jaime Moreno.
At the U-17 World Championship in Peru, COSTA RICA sent the host to a first-round exit with a 2-0 win on Thursday and advanced to the quarterfinal. With Mexico and the USA also booking quarterfinal appearances, it marks the second time in the tournament's history that all three CONCACAF teams advanced. That Costa Rica meets Mexico in the quarterfinals means at least one CONCACAF team will reach the semis.
STUART PEARCE, manager of English Premier League club Manchester City, which includes American Claudio Reyna, orders his players not to argue with referees.
Losers:
FIFA has banned Bulgaria coach HRISTO STOITCHKOV, a former MLS player and assistant coach, for four games for accusing UEFA President Lennart Johansson, a Swede, of "being aware in advance of how the game would end" after Bulgaria's 3-0 loss to Sweden in a Sept. 3 World Cup qualifier.
More than a year since joining Real Madrid on a $24.3 million from Newcastle United, England defender JONATHAN WOODGATE finally made his La Liga debut Thursday in a 3-1 win over Athletic Bilbao, during which he scored an own goal and was ejected.