MVLA Avalanche
2007, 2008 Cal-North State Cup Champions
2008 FarWest Regional Semi-Finalists, 2007 QuarterFinalists
2008, 2007 Surf Cup Quarterfinalists
2008 SoCal Blues Cup Champions
2007 District II League Champions
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 District II Cup Champions
Who we are
The MVLA Avalanche is a U16 ('92-'93) Girls Select soccer team based in Mountain View-Los Altos, California. The team is professionally trained and coached by Albertin Montoya and Erin (Martinez) Montoya. The team competes year round and is always interested in talking to impact players who want to take their game to the next level with intense fitness training and focus on developing their entire game. Learn more about the team.
Team Contacts:
Albertin Montoya, Head Coach
Erin Montoya, Head Coach | erinkm10 (at) hotmail.com
Chris Sorg, Goalie Coach
Gabe Foo, Team Manager | scsccoach (at) yahoo.com
Accomplishments
The Avalanche are the U15 (2008) and U14 (2007) Girls Cal-North State Champions, U12 Girls Finalist for the 2005 California State Cup, Semi-Finalist at U11, and CYSA District Cup II Champions (U11, U12, U13, U14).
Coaching Philospophy
Our coaching goal is to provide individualized training and teach ball management to give the player confidence and composure over the ball. Soccer is a game of fundamentals. Whether the athlete is a field player or goalkeeper all players need to be able to shoot with confidence, dribble around opponents, perform short passes with accuracy, and possess ball control. The player having confidence and composure over the ball will maximize their enjoyment of the game.
Words to Live by
Perfection - Being Perfect means you've done ALL you can and you have been the best teammate you can be. You can't control the hand life deals you, and you can't always control the outcome of events, but you can control your effort. When you've given your ALL on the field, then win or lose, you can look each other (teammates and everyone else) in the eye and be Proud! - Coach Gaynes 1988 Odessa, Texas Premian High, Football Head Coach.
Avalanche SmugMug Photo Album
The MVLA Avalanche Team won the 2008 SoCal Blues Cup Tournament this weekend by defeating the Arsenal Team 1-0 in the Championship game in San Juan Capistrano. MVLA won their first two bracket games 2-0 over Cypress FC Elite (Cal-South), 6-0 over the Gilbert SC-Arsenal Team (Arizona), then battled to a 1-1 tie against the San Diego Surf White team to move out of bracket. They finished one point behind the San Diego Surf White in bracket play, and went through to beat Santa Clarita (SoCal) in a penalty kick shootout after a tie game in regualtion play during the QuarterFinal round. The AVs moved-on to SemiFinals and met the SoCal Blues Gebhart Team this morning. MVLA dominated the game but could only find one goal in the first half to win 1-0 over SoCal Blues. The victory placed MVLA into the championship game where they would face one of their rivals from SoCal, the Arsenal Team who were 2007 Coast Soccer League Champions. Both teams know each other well between previous games at Surf Cup or the Las Vegas Showcase Tournaments, or because both teams have players competing together through National and Regional ODP Teams. The first half of the game ended in a 0-0 tie, then MVLA opened-up the second-half with a quick goal to take the lead 1-0. The AVs held-on to win the game!
MVLA kicks-off their first season competing in the GSSL League with games against the Mustang Earthquakes and the Bay Oaks Blasters this coming weekend.
