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Ground Signal: Sports — September 18, 2026 · Ground Signal FM

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  This is Ground Signal Sports. Thursday, September
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  18th. Today, the Copa Libertadores semifinal
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  draw is set, four clubs standing, one crowned
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  in Montevideo. The Copa Sudamericana has its
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  final four as well. Plus, NFL Week 2 is in the
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  books, and we look ahead to Week 3. Let's get
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  into it. Copa Libertadores. Quarterfinal round,
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  all ties now settled. Start with Flamengo. The
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  Rio Giants traveled to altitude in Quito on September
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  10th and beat Independiente del Valle 2 -0 in
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  the first leg. Then, on Wednesday, September
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  17th, last night, the second leg at the Americana
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  ended 1 -1. Flamengo advance on aggregate, 3
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  -1 over two legs. They are through to the semifinals.
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  And with them comes a massive story out of Argentina.
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  Estudiantes de la Plata eliminated Corinthians.
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  also in a second leg, played September 17th at
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  Neocumica Arena in Sao Paulo. Alexis Castro scored
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  the only goal of the match. The tie finished
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  2 -1 on aggregate. Estudiantes, a club from La
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  Plata, 90 minutes south of Buenos Aires, are
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  in the Copa Libertadores semifinals. Argentine
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  football is watching. Fluminense also threw.
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  The Rio club opened their quarterfinal at the
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  Americana on September 8th, a 2 -0 win over Platins
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  from Buenos Aires. The second leg on September
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  15th went the other way, 1 -2, but Fluminense
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  held on. 3 -2 on aggregate. Flu advance. Two
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  Brazilian clubs in the last four. And the fourth
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  semifinalist, Palmeiras. The Sao Paulo Giant
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  beat Liga do Quito 1 -0 in the first leg on September
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  9th. In the second leg on September 16th in Quito,
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  LDU pulled level, and it went to penalties. Palmeiras
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  survived. They advance. It is now a Brazilian
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  derby. Fluminense versus Palmeiras in one semifinal,
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  and in the other, Estudiantes versus Flamengo.
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  Let's talk about what this means. The draw is
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  confirmed. Semifinal one, Fluminense versus Palmeiras,
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  two Sao Paulo and Rio giants in a Brazilian civil
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  war. Semifinal two, Estudiantes de la Plata versus
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  Flamengo, Argentina against Brazil, the continent's
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  two most passionate football nations going head
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  to head. First leg scheduled for October 14th,
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  second legs October 21st. The winner of both
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  ties meets in Montevideo on November 28th. Mark
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  the calendar. Now the Copa Sudamericana, where
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  the stakes are just as high and the final four
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  are equally compelling. Two matchups confirmed.
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  First, Boca Juniors versus Vasco da Gama, Argentina
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  against Brazil, again. Boca bringing La Bombonera
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  energy, Vasco bringing São Januário passion.
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  Second matchup, Atletico Mineiro versus Montevideo
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  City Torque. Manero is the defending Copa Libertadores
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  champion, an absolute powerhouse right now, meeting
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  a Uruguayan club that has been the surprise of
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  this tournament. The Sudamericana final is November
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  21st in Barranquilla, Colombia. Atletico Manero's
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  path here is worth a moment. They overturned
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  a 2 -0 deficit against Santos, forced extra time,
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  then penalties, and won. Delfim was the standout.
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  This is a club playing with serious continental
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  confidence right now. If they make Barranquilla,
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  they will be the team everyone fears. Signal
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  levels on all of this. Copa Libertadores draw,
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  signal four. This is a championship round moment.
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  The Brazilian Derby and the Argentina -Brazil
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  clash are both tier one matchups with generational
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  implications. Copa Sudamericana semis, signal
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  three. Boca versus Vasco alone is a marquee continental
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  fixture. Moving to the NFL. Week two is done.
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  The headline from the week, Chiefs over the Broncos
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  31 -10 on Monday Night Football September 14th,
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  Mahomes clean, the Kansas City machine fully
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  operational, heading into week three. Also, Ravens
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  41, Colts 23, Bears 59, Panthers 37, an absurd
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  offensive performance out of Chicago. And the
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  early week result that kicked off week two, San
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  Francisco 49ers 27, Rams 7, which was played
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  in Melbourne, Australia. the NFL's first ever
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  game on Australian soil. After two weeks, the
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  Bills are the only 2 -0 team. Several clubs at
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  1 -0. Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs, Bears, Vikings,
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  49ers, Jets, and others. The AFC and NFC pictures
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  are still forming, but Kansas City and Baltimore
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  are the names to watch in the AFC. The NFC is
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  wide open. Week three is this weekend, Sunday,
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  September 20th, 14 games. The marquee matchup,
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  Colts at Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes at home in Arrowhead
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  against a banged up Indianapolis side. Kansas
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  City is hungry for three and zero. Also watching,
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  Eagles at Titans, Ravens at Saints, Vikings at
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  Bears in a rematch of last week's divisional
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  grudge match, and Dolphins at 49ers, two offenses
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  that can explode. Monday night, September 21st,
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  Giants at Rams in Los Angeles. NFL signal level
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  this week. Signal 2, week 3, starts defining
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  who the real contenders are. On the road. One
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  event worth putting on the radar for travel.
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  Copa Libertadores semifinals, first legs October
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  14th. If Estudiantes versus Flamengo is played
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  in La Plata, that's the Estadio Jorge Luis Hirsch,
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  a 23 ,000 -seat cauldron in one of Argentina's
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  most football -obsessed cities. Cheap flights
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  from Buenos Aires, strong nightlife, and a historic
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  football culture that often goes overlooked in
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  favor of the capital. Worth the trip if you can
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  get a ticket. Second legs, October 21st. Check
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  official club sites for confirmed venues as they
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  are announced. Forward signal. Three moments
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  to watch. First, Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana
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  semifinal first leg dates, October 14th. Set
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  that date now. Second. NFL Week 3, this Sunday,
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  September 20th. 14 games, Colts at Chiefs the
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  headliner. Third, Formula One Baku Grand Prix,
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  September 24th through 26th at the Baku City
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  Circuit. Kimi Antonelli leads the championship
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  with 267 points, Russell second with 201. Baku
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  is a street circuit where everything can change
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  in a single safety car. That is the signal for
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  Thursday, September 18th. The Copa Libertadores
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  semifinals are set. Fluminense and Palmeiras,
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  Estudiantes and Flamengo. South American football
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  is approaching its peak. The NFL is three weeks
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  in and the picture is forming. And Baku is on
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  the horizon. This is Ground Signal, narration
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  generated using artificial intelligence.