Spanish American wars of independence important change in strategy after three United Provinces campaigns had been defeated in Upper Peru. San Martín's army became the nucleus of the Army of the Andes, which received crucial political and material support in 1816 when Juan Martín de Pueyrredón became Supreme Director of the United Provinces. In January 1817, San Martín was finally ready to advance against the royalists in Chile. Ignoring an injunction from the congress of the Río de la Plata not to move against Chile, San Martín together with General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, later Supreme Director of Chile, led the Army over the Andes in
San Bernardo Unido Tomé managed to defeat Deportivo La Granja by 5 to 3, and after equaling 46 points both casts , the table of the eighth region agreed by goal difference (+23 for Sports Tome and +11 for San Bernardo Unido). In 2017, San Bernardo Unido began its participation with several victories, then had a negative streak, which made it be the protagonist of the bottom of the table, finishing penultimate with 17 points, only beating Pirque Sports, who would descend, in the Center Group. San Bernardo Unido Club Deportivo San Bernardo Unido is a Chilean football club based in San Bernardo.