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Party all night: Uruguay welcomes champions home

Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:16 PM EDT
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Raul O. Garces, Associated Press
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<p>Uruguay's Diego Perez kisses the trophy as the team celebrates in the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay Monday July 25, 2011. Uruguay won the Copa America for a record 15th time after beating Paraguay 3-0 in Argentina Sunday. (AP Photo/Andres Cuenca) (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico) </p>

Uruguay's Diego Perez kisses the trophy as the team celebrates in the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay Monday July 25, 2011. Uruguay won the Copa America for a record 15th time after beating Paraguay 3-0 in Argentina Sunday. (AP Photo/Andres Cuenca) (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

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MONTEVIDEO — Uruguay partied through the night, its champion soccer team home from the Copa America.

Some 60,000 fans gathered in the historic Centenario stadium at 3 a.m. to welcome the players. Thousands more crowded the team bus as it drove in from the airport.

Star forward Diego Forlan said he couldn't wait to celebrate after the 3-0 victory over Paraguay on Sunday night in Buenos Aires.

Forward Luis Suarez was voted the tournament's best player. He says Uruguay deserves the title after so many years without a championship. Uruguay last won the Copa in 1995. Now it has 15 titles, one more than rival Argentina.

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