California United Fillmore Soccer 2008B Win “Come Up For Air” Tournament Championship Title
By Gazette Staff Writers — Friday, June 30th, 2023
On June 24 & 25, 2023, the California United Fillmore Soccer 2008b team claimed the Championship Title at the “Come Up For Air” Tournament Champions, held in South Lake Tahoe, finishing the tournament with a 4–0 record. Pictured above is the 2008B team: Top row (l-r): Asst. Coach Jose Valdez, GP Julian Medina, Christian Ramirez, Xavier Lara, Hector Hernandez, Juan Manuel Medina, Giovany Valdez, Jovani Huerta, and Head Coach Juan Hernandez. Bottom row (l-r): GP Jose Zaragoza, Luis Vigil, Angel Garza, Javier Cisneros, Emmanuel Ruiz, and Alonso Arellano. Photo courtesy Coach Juan Hernandez.
On June 24 & 25, 2023, the California United Fillmore Soccer 2008b team claimed the Championship Title at the “Come Up For Air” Tournament Champions, held in South Lake Tahoe, finishing the tournament with a 4–0 record. Pictured above is the 2008B team: Top row (l-r): Asst. Coach Jose Valdez, GP Julian Medina, Christian Ramirez, Xavier Lara, Hector Hernandez, Juan Manuel Medina, Giovany Valdez, Jovani Huerta, and Head Coach Juan Hernandez. Bottom row (l-r): GP Jose Zaragoza, Luis Vigil, Angel Garza, Javier Cisneros, Emmanuel Ruiz, and Alonso Arellano. Photo courtesy Coach Juan Hernandez.
On June 24 & 25, 2023, the California United Fillmore Soccer 2008b team competed at the “Come Up For Air” Tournament Champions and claimed the title of champions! Pictured is the team celebrating their victory after a final 4-0 win over Merced. Photo courtesy Coach Juan Hernandez.
On June 24 & 25, 2023, the California United Fillmore Soccer 2008b team competed at the “Come Up For Air” Tournament Champions and claimed the title of champions! Pictured is the team celebrating their victory after a final 4-0 win over Merced. Photo courtesy Coach Juan Hernandez.

Courtesy Erika Arana
On the weekend of June 24-25, 2023 the California United Fillmore Soccer 2008 Boys team, competed in the Come Up For Air Tournament, in South Lake Tahoe. The boys were determined and wanted to make the 7-hour trip, despite only having thirteen players. They played a total of four games in high altitude, and fluctuating weather conditions, ranging from early 8:00 am, 40-degree games, to afternoon 1:00 pm, 75-degree games, to evening 4:00 pm, 60-degree games, and went undefeated the entire weekend to come home with a Championship title in the boys 2008 division. Goalies Julian Medina and Jose Zaragoza had an entire tournament shutout. This group of boys traveled last year to compete in the same tournament and came up short. Way to come back and put our little city of Fillmore on the map; Congratulations to the boys and coaches!
*The 2008B is accepting new players born in 2008/2009. Please contact CUFC social media pages or Head Coach Juan Hernandez to join this team.
2008B Come Up For Air Tournament game scores are as follows:
Game 1 - CU 2-0 Carson FC Toros
Goals: Juan Ma Medina 1, Jovani Huerta 1
Assist: Julian Medina
Shutout: Julian Medina, Jose Zaragoza
Overall Record 1-0-0
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Game 2 - CU 2-0 Natomas United
Goals: Jovani Huerta 1, Hector Hernandez 1
Assist: Christian Ramirez 1, Emmanuel Ruiz 1
Shutout: Julian Medina, Jose Zaragoza
Overall Record: 2-0-0
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Game 3 - CU 2-0 Revolution
Goals: Javier Cisneros 1, Christian Ramirez 1
Assist: Christian Ramirez 1, Xavier Lara 1
Shutout: Julian Medina, Jose Zaragoza
Overall Record: 3-0-0
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FINAL - CU 4-0 Merced
Goals: Javier Cisneros 1, Alonso Arellano 1, Jovani Huerta 2
Assist: Christian Ramirez 1, Hector Hernandez 1, Xavier Lara 1
Shutout: Julian Medina, Jose Zaragoza
Overall Record 4-0-0.