| Porterville’s South Valley Chivas Academy continues to produce young players who are catching the eyes of United States National Soccer scouts as the academy has had two male players in invited to participate in U.S. National Soccer training center events in Dublin and San Ramon.Sergio Reyes and Oscar Torres were invited to the training centers. The 12-year-old Reyes of Porterville participated in a training center for players born in 1999 last week and received high marks from national head scout Hugo Perez.
Torres of Earlimart will participate in the training center on Wednesday in San Ramon with a chance to impress national scouts that could lead to a potential spot on the U.S. National 17 and under team. |
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by U.S. Soccer staff for elite players in key soccer markets. The purpose of the training center program is to identify players for the U.S. Youth National Team.
Approximately 200 training center sessions have been scheduled in more than 30 soccer markets across the country for 2010-2011. There are 22-26 players at each training center. Both Reyes and Torres said without the Chivas Academy under head coaches Esmaldo and Gilbert Hernandez, their success wouldn’t have been possible. Reyes’ father, Pedro, agreed saying, “he’s been playing (soccer) since I can remember,” about his son. Reyes said along with his son’s dedication, his son’s success is due to “mostly the great expertise of the Chivas Academy. (We) owe it to mostly to them and the instruction of the academy.” |
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