Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọ bụ ezie na egwuregwu mbụ edere site n'aka ndị otu Uruguay na-egwuri egwu na 16 May 1901 megide Argentina, a naghị ewere nke a dị ka egwuregwu gọọmentị n'ihi na egwuregwu ahụ abụghị nke ndị otu egwuregwu bọọlụ Uruguay haziri kama ọ bụ Albion F.C. n'ụlọ ya na Paso del Molino. Ndị otu Uruguay nwere ndị egwuregwu itoolu sitere na klọb ahụ na ndị fọdụrụ na Nacional. Egwuregwu a na-ewere dị ka egwuregwu izizi nke Uruguay na-eme na otu ebe ahụ, na July 20, 1902 megide Argentina. Argentina meriri ndị Uruguay site na 6 <unk> 0 n'ihu ndị na-ekiri 8,000. Nchịkọta ndị Uruguay bụ: Enrique Sardeson; Carlos Carve Urioste, Germán Arímalo; Miguel Nebel (c), Alberto Peixoto, Luis Carbone; Bolívar Céspedes, Gonzalo Rincón, Juan Sardeson, Ernesto Boutón Reyes, Carlos Céspedes. Tupu afọ 1916, Uruguay gbara ihe karịrị egwuregwu iri atọ, nke niile ma e wezụga otu bụ megide Argentina. Copa America nke mbụ
Uruguay nwetara mmegide dịgasị iche. Mmeri ha meriri Chile na Brazil, tinyere mmeri ha meriri Argentina, mere ka Uruguay merie asọmpi ahụ. N'afọ sochirinụ, Uruguay kwadoro asọmpi ahụ, ma jigide aha ahụ site n'imeri egwuregwu niile. Copa América nke 1919 hụrụ mmeri mbụ nke Uruguay na asọmpi ahụ, mmeri 1 <unk> 0 na egwuregwu egwuregwu na Brazil nke gara oge abụọ nke mgbakwunye oge, egwuregwu Copa América kachasị ogologo na akụkọ ntolite.