Amber Hernandez with Mexican U17 Women National Team in Trinidad Tobago
Sep 6th, 2008 |
Culture Of Soccer Website Writes Article On Amber And Alexis Hernandez
Apr 11th, 2008 |
The Culture Of Soccer website, a blog which looks at the way soccer intersects with economics, politics, religion, history, ethnicity, race, immigration, identity, psychology, sexuality, and other aspects of culture has printed a story on SVCA members Amber and Alexis Hernandez.
The article focuses on the fact that both Amber and Alexis are children of a Mexican-born mother and second-generation Mexican-American father, and are among the latest in the growing number of American-born players returning to their ancestral homeland to play their soccer.
The site is maintained by David Keyes an UC San Diego anthropoly graduate student who found out about Amber and Alexis’ success in Mexico by way of ESPN’s Luis Bueno’s Side Line Views Blog which also makes reference to the brother and sister article. Culture of Soccer currently contains articles on it’s home page of soccer star’s like David Beckham, Hugo Sanchez, and Jesus “El Gringo” Padilla.
The full article can be found here.
Culture Of Soccer Website Writes Article On Amber And Alexis Hernandez
Apr 11th, 2008 |
The Culture Of Soccer website, a blog which looks at the way soccer intersects with economics, politics, religion, history, ethnicity, race, immigration, identity, psychology, sexuality, and other aspects of culture has printed a story on SVCA members Amber and Alexis Hernandez.
The article focuses on the fact that both Amber and Alexis are children of a Mexican-born mother and second-generation Mexican-American father, and are among the latest in the growing number of American-born players returning to their ancestral homeland to play their soccer.
The site is maintained by David Keyes an UC San Diego anthropoly graduate student who found out about Amber and Alexis’ success in Mexico by way of ESPN’s Luis Bueno’s Side Line Views Blog which also makes reference to the brother and sister article. Culture of Soccer currently contains articles on it’s home page of soccer star’s like David Beckham, Hugo Sanchez, and Jesus “El Gringo” Padilla.
The full article can be found here.
Christopher Mendoza, Elijah Rodriguez and Victor Lopez to Player Development Program
Mar 1st, 2008 |
Christopher Mendoza, Elijah Rodriguez and Victor Lopez all 96 boys from South Valley Chivas Academy have been invited to the next Nor Cal Premier Player Development Program evaluation date on March 15-16 in Manteca, CA.
Christopher Mendoza is son of Servano and Eva Mendoza of Porterville.
Elijah Rodriguez is son of Sergio and Elsa Rodriguez of Porterville.
Victor Lopez is son of Nicanor and Enriqueta Lopez of Terra Bella.
All 3 players were recommended by SVCA staff to the program.
The Nor Cal Premier Player Development Program seeks to identify top soccer players within each age group, provide specialized training with experienced coaches, and offer opportunities for national and international exposure. In addition, the Program seeks to recommend some of its strongest players to U.S. Club Soccer’s id2 Player Identification Program and its Regional Training Camps . These players may also have the opportunity to travel to Italy to participate in pre-season training sessions and friendly games with some professional clubs.
For more information on the PDP please visit: http://www.norcalpremier.com/content/view/203/225/
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Alexis Hernandez debuts with Mexican U17 National Team
Feb 29th, 2008 |
Alexis Hernández Gutiérrez, of the South Valley Chivas Academy in the San Joaquin Valley city of Porterville, Calif., was a part of the Mexican U-17 National Team for the Torneo Internacional Acapulco 2008. The tournament ran from Feb. 19-23 and the Mexican second side was crowned champions of its group after picking up a draw and a win. Hernández started the team’s second game and was a part of the 3-0 tournament-clinching win against Chilpancingo, a game seen by Jesús Ramírez, the head of Mexico’s youth national teams. The South Valley Chivas Academy is a licensed academy affiliated with Chivas USA that promotes the Chivas philosophy and heritage.
(Story was published on CHIVAS USA website on 02/27/2008)
Members training with Pumas UNAM and Mexican Women U17 National Team
Jan 15th, 2008 |
When South Valley Chivas Academy members’ Alexis Hernandez, Jair Rodriguez and Amber Hernandez decided not to play high school soccer and continue training with their academy, their decision was received by a lot of criticism from their peers who really didn’t understand the goals set forth by the trio. Now with Alexis and Jair currently training in Mexico City with PUMAS UNAM from the Mexican First Division Soccer League and Amber training with the Mexican U17 Women National in preparation for the Women U17 World Cup in New Zealand, it sure looks like their decision is paying off big time.
For Alexis it has really paid off as Leonardo Cuellar, Mexican Women National Coach, and the PUMAS coaching staff have recommended him to participate in this month’s Mexican U17 Men’s National Team camp. This is the same national team which has produced players like Giovanni Dos Santos who plays for Barcelona alongside Ronaldinho and Carlos Vela who currently plays in Spain. Last summer while on a tour in Mexico City with South Valley Chivas, Alexis would be one of five members invited to train with development teams from America and San Luis. Eventually San Luis would offer him a 10 month contract to play for their third division team. In October, he would be invited to join the Chivas USA U17 after being selected from a Chivas USA tryout by leading scout and assistant coach for Chivas USA, Dennis Te Kloese. In November, he would be selected to the California State 92 ODP team and is scheduled to travel to Colorado for the Regional ODP competition in the Spring.
Jair on the other hand got a second opportunity to train with a professional soccer team after being invited to train with Club America last summer after our tour but was unable to stay because their dorms were filled to capacity at the time. He was invited back in December by America but he decided to concentrate on training with the academy and preparing for the trials with PUMAS.
Amber is currently training for the Mexican Women National team who will be playing against teams from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Canada and USA, during the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s U17 Championships which location and date have yet to be determined. She is scheduled to travel to Florida and Costa Rica in March for a national competition before playing in the CONCACAF tournament which will decide what three nations will represent the confederation at the Women U17 World Cup in New Zealand. During the last six months, she has been called up numerous times for week long trainings and her current call up is from Jan. 11-20.
So while their peers are thinking about playing against EYL rivals here locally, in the case of this trio, they are thinking about playing abroad against professional soccer teams and in Amber’s case against international teams.
South Valley Chivas U17 tour Mexico and 6 players get invited for trials with Fuerzas Basicas of Club America and Real San Luis
Jul 23rd, 2007 |
| Jul.23 – Aug. 6 2007 – South Valley Chivas U17 had a successful two week tour of Mexico City where 6 players were recommended for the fuerzas basicas of Club America of the Mexican Professional Soccer League and a 3rd Division San Luis team. Four of the players have yet to return to the United States as they have signed a 10 day trial contract with Club America as they get evaluated by America development coaching staff.
During the two week tour the South Valley Chivas team also played against fuerzas basicas teams, semi-pro soccer teams, and affiliated soccer academies. Club America legend and current 1a division coach, Vinicio Bravo, was the contact and coordinator of all the matches played and events which were attended by our academy members in the two week tour. South Valley Chivas members had the opportunity to play against Club America Fuerzas Basicas 91, 3rd Division German Villa America, 3rd Division Cobijeros de Chiconcoac affiliated to Club San Luis and also attended the Copa Pato Baeza in Texcoco, Estado de Mexico where scouts from America, San Luis, Necaxa and Pachuca got to see the our members in a competitive tournament which featured teams from academies affiliated to America, Chivas, Pachuca y San Luis. The South Valley Chivas team ended up placing 4th in the 90 category. Our first game was in the installations of Club America or what is known as the “Nido Aguila” (Eagles Nest) where players Alexis Hernandez, Ivan Yanez, Omar Cardenas and keeper Francisco Reyes where invited by recommendation of the scouts in attendance to a two week tryout from August 6 to August 16. These players are currently still in Mexico and didn’t return back with the team. They will be evaluated by trainers Jose ‘El Cocodrilo’ Valdez and Pepe Vaca. Also in attendance at the game were ex-Americanista, ex-National, and current Director of Sports Development for America Alfredo Tena and scouts Jose ‘El Cocodrilo Valdez, Pepe Vaca. The team was allowed to use the 1st team locker room for the game as the 1st team was on tour here in the states while they played the SuperLiga. In our third game against the 3rd Division Cobijeros de Chiconcoac a team affiliated to San Luis, Juventino Paredes, ex-americanista, liked 3 players which would be invited back in November and December as the club is still in the process of finding or building their “casa club”, which will serve as dorm rooms for the players. The players which were mentioned in this game were Alexis Hernandez and Omar Cardenas. These players would be incorporated into the semi-pro team which plays 3rd division in the Estado De Mexico. During the teams participation in the Copa Pato Baeza America scouts again recommended the 4 previous players who had been recommended by America but also added players Omar Davila and Jair Rodriguez. Davila and Rodriguez have been invited to return to Coapa in Mexico City for tryout in the next couple of months. On one of the rest days, South Valley Chivas members were able to take a tour of the world famous Estadio Azteca Stadium (Aztec Stadium). Players were able to go down to field level and thru the America locker rooms. Finally they were able to visit the America museum which is located at the Estadio Azteca. During the two week tour, South Valley Chivas members also had the opportunity to watch South Valley Chivas Academy member, Amber Hernandez as she trained and played for the Mexican Sub 17 National Team in Mexico City. Amber has been was in training with the national team since the beginning of July. They were able to see her play in two games at the Centro de Alto Riendimiento, C.A.R., which is the center for all national team trainings. South Valley Chivas Academy would like to thank our collegue and good friend Vinicio Bravo for all the time and effort he put into coordinating every game and event which was attended. Our academy would also like to thank Club America and their personnel like Jose ‘El Cocodrilo’ Valdez and Pepe Vaca for allowing us the opportunity to play in Coapa at the Club America installations where it is an impossible to play as these are the fields used exclusively for the 1st team trainings. Most importantly the trip was made possible by South Valley Chivas Academy’s ongoing committment to promote youth players and our close relationship with Vinicio Bravo. |
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South Valley Chivas Amber Hernandez invited to Mexico’s U17 Women National Soccer Team Training Camp
May 23rd, 2007 |
| May 23-27 2007 – South Valley Chivas member Amber Hernandez spent part of her Memorial weekend in Mexico City training with the Mexican U17 Women National Soccer Team where she had the opportunity to play against the first team which included players like Monica Gonzalez, Charlyn Corral and Monica Vergara. Amber showed very well at the training camp that she has already been invited back in the month of June and was featured in an article by the Mexican sport magazine “Estadio”. This is a great accomplishment for any soccer player to represent a country while playing for their national team but at a young age of 13 years this is a remarkable accomplishment. During the 5 day training camp, practices where held on the immaculate fields of C.A.R (Centro de Alto Riendimiento) which is the training center for all Mexican National Soccer Teams and is located in the southern most part of Mexico City. Every day of the training camp consisted of two training session, morning and afternoon before heading back to the dorms which were located at the CONADE (Comision Nacional De Cultura Fisica Y Deporte) . The CONADE Villas are dorms set up for Mexican olympic and national athletes who are in training for upcoming events and competitions. By Amber making the team she will have the opportunity to travel in the next year to competition and tournaments for the Mexican U17 Women Team which include countries like Sweden, New Zealand and Brazil.Special thanks to Fernando Gonzalez Gallo, ex-Americanist Vinicio Bravo and Mexican Women’s National Coach Leonardo Cuellar for making the tryout opportunity a reality for Amber. | |
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