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 the clashes with Deportes Provincial Osorno stand out, in which I finish last with 10 points, having to play the Liguilla de Permanencia. In that instance, the end was dramatic, in which San Bernardo Unido arrived at the bottom of the table to the last confrontation, where he faced in the Municipal Stadium of San Bernardo Juventud Puente Alto, with whom he disputed the permanence, the party ended 6 to 2, in favor of San Bernardo Unido, that result made it difficult for him to return to his Association of Origin. I finish finally second of that phase with 7