Back in January when the Mexican Soccer Federation were looking for someone to help host their boys under 15 and under 17 youth national team here in California they called none other than Porterville’s South Valley Chivas Academy cofounders Gilbert and Esmaldo Hernandez. Now a couple days away from the tryouts being held there is over 400 players from as far as Virigina, Florida and Texas pre-registered to attend the tryouts to be held this next weekend of May 16-17 in the Los Angeles area.

“We are very humbled to have been asked by Mexican Soccer Federation to host this tryouts”, said Gilbert Hernandez. “Of all the major youth soccer club here in the the United States, they called us to help coordinate these tryouts. This really say alot of the confidence people have on us at the international stage. This is mind boggling considering that from Porterville we are able to help Mexico form their national teams. This is really vindicating being that we have been called everything you can think of by others clubs and now it is not a professional soccer team which is asking us to work with them but a Federation who represents a whole nation.” This tryouts are for the boy sides and it just so happens that the tryouts coincide with the USA Women National Team playing against the Mexican Women National team on May 17 in Carson at the StubHub Center and Gilbert and Esmaldo are already scheduled to meet with long time friend Leonardo Cuellar and Mexican Women National Team head coach to talk about numerous projects for the female side which are in works. “Our relationship extends with Leonardo goes as far back as when Amber Hernandez, Esmaldo daughter, started playing for the Mexican Women National Team. All we can say is that it is truly a great time to be a part of the South Valley Chivas Academy if you are a youth soccer player both male or female and you are aspiring to play high level soccer being that we have a lot of major projects in the works for our academy.”, said Hernandez.

This weekend tryouts are absoluting free of charge to all participants and are being held at the Fedde Sports Complex,21409 Elaine Ave, Hawaiian Gardens suburb of Los Angeles. The tryouts are for all players born from 1997-2002 and the only requirements are that you are a Mexican born citizen or born to a Mexican citizen.

For more information please visit tryouts.futbolpromotions.com.