The love you have for a child is the greatest in the world. There is no feeling in the world like it. From the time you see them in the womb to the time they come out for the first time and every moment thereafter, they are a gift to one's life. You always believe that they are they are going to become a doctor or a lawyer or an astronaut.

Mauricio Baldivieso made his debut for top-flight Bolivian team Aurora this weekend, coming on for the final nine minutes of a 1-0 loss to FC La Paz. Nothing weird about that. Except that Mauricio Baldivieso is 12 years old. Not even a teenager. When I first read this story I knew it would involve one of [.

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• 2009 Copa libertadores - GROUP ONE
• 2009 Copa Libertadores - GROUP TWO

Así es, exactamente como lo leen, un chico de tan solo 12 años, llamado Mauricio Baldivieso, ha sido el jugador más joven de la historia en debutar en el fútbol profesional, en el equipo de Aurora, el cual es dirigido por su propio padre Julio César Baldivieso.

After the sensation of 12-year old playing for Bolivian first division side, the coach Julio Cesar Baldivieso, has quit as coach of Aurora after the Bolivian club's management told him to leave the boy out of the squad.
The former Bolivia midfielder Baldivieso has also withdrawn his son Mauricio, who made his debut for the 2008 Clausura champions last Sunday as a 12-year-old, from the club.

Se trata del central argentino Germán Gabriel Leonforte y será el tercer refuerzo extranjero con el que contará Dorados para el próximo torneo.

Leonforte, que tiene 28 años y es originario de Rosario Argentina y su último club lo fue el Aurora del futbol Boliviano, vendrá a sustituir al Chileno David Henríquez quien fue transferido a la UC del futbol chileno.

Last season, Edgewood College ended Aurora's...
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• Missouri S&T Miner's matches at Southern Indiana moved to Goebel's turf facility, no live updates via @minersports ~ http://bit.ly/CBrUW #
• Greenwood's Homecoming game tonight, against Aurora, has been canceled #
• Sunday Nov 1st the Bears take on nationally-ranked Drake at home, 1 pm kickoff.

16:00 – New Covenant vs Casville New Covenant Academy
16:00 – Hillcrest vs Glendale Hillcrest
16:00 – Parkview vs Lebanon PHS Field
16:30 – Crocker vs Laquey Crocker
16:30 – Marshfield vs Aurora Marshfield
16:30 – Rogersville vs Greenwood Logan-Rogersville
17:30 – St Charles vs Washington
18:00 – Clinton vs Bolivar Clinton
18:00 – Waynesville vs Joplin Waynesville
18:00 – Monett vs College Heights Monett South Park
18:30 – Kickapoo vs West Plains Kickapoo High School
18:30 – Camdenton vs Rolla camdenton
18:30 – Neosho vs Willard NEOSHO

#8 West Plains Zizzers 5
#9 Aurora Houn'Dawgs 0

The win sends West Plains to the Quarterfinal's which are being played tomorrow, Saturday October 31st. The schedule looks like this:

9 am Monett vs Marshfield
11 am Cassville vs Logan-Rogersville
1 pm Webb City vs Carl Junction
3 pm Bolivar vs West Plains

Here's the seeding for the tournament.

As Aurora at last emerged from the shadow of their Cochabamba rivals Wilstermann in 2008 by accomplishing their first league triumph in the Bolivian closing championship and can face up to the prospect of entertaining Gremio in this season's Copa Libertadores, we take a closer look at the nation's most successful domestic clubs.

Aurora's Lopez named Sueño MLS 2009 winner
If you missed Chicago Fire forward Brian McBride's goal Saturday, definitely take a look and cast a vote for MLS Goal of the Week. The Arlington Heights native had a perfect touch swinging the ball around to his side and popping the shot against San Jose during the Fire's 3-all draw.

How long will it take before Arsene Wenger sends his scouts to Bolivia to watch this record-breaking 12-YEAR-OLD play? Mauricio Baldivieso became the youngest player ever to play in professional football when he came on as a substitute for Aurora in a Bolivian Clausura championship match.

Con solamente 12 años, Mauricio Baldivieso se convirtió el domingo pasado en el jugador más joven de la historia del fútbol boliviano, al debutar en el Aurora de Cochabamba, dirigido por su padre, Julio César Baldivieso.
Mauricio, que el miércoles 22 de julio cumplió 13 años, jugó los últimos 10 minutos del partido que Aurora perdió 1-0 en su visita a La Paz FC, en la primera fecha del torneo Clausura.

Camdenton Lakers 8
Central Bulldogs 3
Camdenton goals by Rayder Bennett (4), Jeff Dorhauer (2), Connor Agniel, and Jeron Sinclair.

Kickapoo Chiefs 0
Chaminade Red Devils 5
in the first half

Hillcrest Hornets -
Greenwood Blue Jays -

Cassville Wildcats -
Aurora Houn'Dawgs -

Camdenton Lakers 8
Central Bulldogs 3
Camdenton goals by Rayder Bennett (4), Jeff Dorhauer (2), Connor Agniel, and Jeron Sinclair.

Kickapoo Chiefs 0
Chaminade Red Devils 5
in the first half

Hillcrest Hornets -
Greenwood Blue Jays -

Cassville Wildcats -
Aurora Houn'Dawgs -

I'm not aware of any games that were played Monday. Send me a note if your team played! Here are today's games, with Varsity start times.

16:00 Central vs Aurora Cooper
16:30 Hillcrest vs Camdenton springfield
17:00 West Plains vs Rolla west plains, mo
18:00 Bolivar vs Catholic Bolivar
18:00 Marshfield vs Rogersville Marshfield
18:00 Joplin vs Glendale Joplin
18:30 Carthage vs Ozark Carthage
18:30 Lebanon vs Waynesville lebanon, mo
18:30 Cassville vs Carl Junction Cassville POSTPONED
19:00 Parkview vs Kickapoo JFK Stadium

I'm not aware of any games that were played Monday. Send me a note if your team played! Here are today's games, with Varsity start times.

16:00 Central vs Aurora Cooper
16:30 Marshfield vs Rogersville Marshfield GAME ON, note time change
16:30 Hillcrest vs Camdenton springfield POSTPONED, moved to Oct 23rd
17:00 West Plains vs Rolla west plains, mo
18:00 Bolivar vs Catholic Bolivar POSTPONED, moved to Oct 26th
18:00 Joplin vs Glendale Joplin POSTPONED, moved to Sep 23rd
18:30 Carthage vs Ozark Carthage
18:30 Lebanon vs Waynesville lebanon, mo
18:30 Cassville vs Carl Junction Cassville POSTPONED
19:00 Parkview vs Kickapoo JFK Stadium

Glendale Falcons 8
West Plains Zizzers 0

Marshfield vs Dixon Marshfield
Crocker vs. Springfield Central Crocker
Aurora vs Carl Junction Aurora

Camdenton JV vs Osage camdenton
Neosho vs Branson NEOSHO

Marshfield vs Bolivar

Rogersville vs Catholic

West Plains vs Parkview

Willard vs New Covenant

Aurora vs Cassville

Moberly vs Camdenton

Willard vs New Covenant

Rolla vs Hillcrest

Neosho vs Webb City

Ozark vs Greenwood

16:30 – Marshfield vs Central Marshfield
16:30 – Rogersville vs Willard Logan-Rogersville
18:00 – Nixa vs Glendale Nixa
18:00 – Bolivar vs. Monett Bolivar
18:00 – Aurora vs New Covenant aurora
18:30 – Kickapoo vs Waynesville kickapoo hs, springfield, mo
18:30 – Webb City vs Ozark

16:00 – New Covenant vs Casville New Covenant Academy
16:00 – Hillcrest vs Glendale Hillcrest
16:00 – Parkview vs Lebanon PHS Field
16:30 – Crocker vs Laquey Crocker
16:30 – Marshfield vs Aurora Marshfield
16:30 – Rogersville vs Greenwood Logan-Rogersville
17:30 – St Charles vs Washington
18:00 – Clinton vs Bolivar Clinton
18:00 – Waynesville vs Joplin Waynesville
18:00 – Monett vs College Heights Monett South Park
18:30 – Kickapoo vs West Plains Kickapoo High School
18:30 – Camdenton vs Rolla camdenton
18:30 – Neosho vs Willard NEOSHO

16:00 – New Covenant vs Catholic
16:00 – Hillcrest vs Neosho
16:30 – Thom Jefferson vs Webb City (Varsity only)
17:00 – Greenwood vs Monett Cooper
17:00 – Carl Junction vs Cassville
18:00 – Joplin vs Ozark MOVED TO OZARK according to commentor
18:00 – Willard vs Branson Willard
18:00 – Carthage vs Nixa CARTHAGE
18:00 – Aurora vs Bolivar Aurora
18:30 – Poplar Bluff vs West Plains poplar bluff, mo
18:30 – St Charles W vs Washington
18:30 – Rockbridge vs Waynesville rockbridge hs, columbia, mo
18:30 – Camdenton vs Jeff City camdenton
Borgia vs Rolla CANCELED

The first District playoff schedule Is complete. The Marshfield Blue Jays are hosts this year.

1 Bolivar(17-3)
2 Cassville (12-3)
3 Monett (9-7)
4 Webb City (11-11)
5 Carl Junction (9-10)
6 Marshfield (7-12)
7 Logan-Rogersville (5-15)
8 West Plains (2-19)
9 Aurora (1-16)

Friday Oct 30
West Plains vs Aurora 4:30pm

Saturday Oct 31
Monett vs Marshfield 9am
Cassville vs Logan-Rogersville 11am
Webb City vs Carl Junction 1pm
Bolivar vs Aurora/West Plains Winner 3pm

Monday Nov 2
Semifinals 4:30pm and 6:30pm

Thursday Nov 5
Final 6pm

Universidad de Chile's Marcelo Díaz scored early in the first half as the Chilean side defeated Pachuca in the first leg of the 2009 Copa Libertadores preliminary round. On February 4th, the clubs will face off at Estadio Hidalgo in the second leg.
The winner after the two-legged round will advance to a group containing Brazil's Gremio, Bolivia's Aurora, and Columbia's Boyacá Chicó.

In group 4 and 7 action...
Defensor Sporting over América de Cali 1-0 and Aurora Cochabamba falls to Boyacá Chicó 3-0.

If gymnasts as young as twelve or thirteen can compete in their senior national squads what stops a 12 year old child from playing professional soccer? Probably the fact that musculoskeletal maturity sets in at age 18 and peaks at 25 to 30 years of age. Having players tackling a player so young can result in serious injuries.

• Willard gets a shutout win over Aurora, 6-0, to open Monett Tourney #

• Willard gets a shutout win over Aurora, 6-0, to open Monett Tourney #

09:00
Willard Tigers -
Carl Junction Bulldogs -

11:00
Monett Cubs
Aurora Houn'Dawgs

13:30
Carl Junction Bulldogs
Aurora Houn'Dawgs -

15:30
Willard Tigers -
Monett Cubs -

Game 1:
Willard Tigers 4
Carl Junction Bulldogs 0

Game 2:
Monett Cubs 10
Aurora Houn'Dawgs 0

Game 3
Carl Junction Bulldogs 7
Aurora Houn'Dawgs 0

Game 4
Monett Cubs vs Willard Tigers Rainout: Make-up day TBD
Winner will be Tournament Champs

• Missouri S&T Miner's matches at Southern Indiana moved to Goebel's turf facility, no live updates via @minersports ~ http://bit.ly/CBrUW #
• Greenwood's Homecoming game tonight, against Aurora, has been canceled #
• Sunday Nov 1st the Bears take on nationally-ranked Drake at home, 1 pm kickoff.

16:00 – New Covenant vs Catholic
16:00 – Hillcrest vs Neosho
16:30 – Thom Jefferson vs Webb City (Varsity only)
17:00 – Greenwood vs Monett Cooper
17:00 – Carl Junction vs Cassville
18:00 – Joplin vs Ozark MOVED TO OZARK according to commentor
18:00 – Willard vs Branson Willard
18:00 – Carthage vs Nixa CARTHAGE
18:00 – Aurora vs Bolivar Aurora
18:30 – Poplar Bluff vs West Plains poplar bluff, mo
18:30 – St Charles W vs Washington
18:30 – Rockbridge vs Waynesville rockbridge hs, columbia, mo
18:30 – Camdenton vs Jeff City camdenton
Borgia vs Rolla CANCELED

Bolivar Liberators, Kyle Slagle

The first District playoff schedule Is complete. The Marshfield Blue Jays are hosts this year.

1 Bolivar(17-3)
2 Cassville (12-3)
3 Monett (9-7)
4 Webb City (11-11)
5 Carl Junction (9-10)
6 Marshfield (7-12)
7 Logan-Rogersville (5-15)
8 West Plains (2-19)
9 Aurora (1-16)

Friday Oct 30
West Plains vs Aurora 4:30pm

Saturday Oct 31
Monett vs Marshfield 9am
Cassville vs Logan-Rogersville 11am
Webb City vs Carl Junction 1pm
Bolivar vs Aurora/West Plains Winner 3pm

Monday Nov 2
Semifinals 4:30pm and 6:30pm

Thursday Nov 5
Final 6pm

#8 West Plains Zizzers 5
#9 Aurora Houn'Dawgs 0

The win sends West Plains to the Quarterfinal's which are being played tomorrow, Saturday October 31st. The schedule looks like this:

#3 Monett Cubs 0
#6 Marshfield Blue Jays 3

#2 Cassville Wildcats 6
# 7 Logan-Rogersville Wildcats 2

#4 Webb City Cardinals 3
#5 Carl Junction Bulldogs 1

#1 Bolivar Liberators
#8 West Plains Zizzers

Here's the seeding for the tournament.