After a scoreless 120 minutes, the Fire’s Team for the World alliance partner Internacional (Brazil) needed a shoot-out to edge Juventude 4-3 on Sunday, May 5 to clinch the Rio Grande do Sul state championship.
Inter played the same starting 11 for the third straight match in the final as former Brazilian international and national team coach Dunga clinched his first title with the club.
As the winner of the first stage, the Piratini Cup, another tourney title in the Farroupilha Cup meant that they clinched the State championship. In the standard format the two winners face each other.
Internacional now moves on to open up the national Campeanato Brasileiro Saturday, May 25 against Vitoria.
The top four finishers from that competitoin qualify for the Copa Libertadores, the top club competition in South America.
Congratulations to Sport Club Internacional from the Chicago Fire!
