Now beginning his fifth season as an assistant coach and coming off winning the school’s second state championship in the last three years, Raul Avellaneda was has been instrumental in the team winning both titles. A student of the game, Avellaneda is a former Falcon player (1986-87) who played internationally in Uruguay, Costa Rica and Mexico for four years. Prior to playing at Cerritos, Avellaneda graduated from Downey High, where he was voted the team’s Offensive Player of the Year as a senior after scoring nine goals with 14 assists. In his two seasons with the Falcons, Avellaneda scored nine goals.

His coaching career also consists of serving on the coaching staff at Mater Dei High over the last four years, while they captured the CIF Division I Championship in 2006. He also currently coaches at the club level with the F.C. Irvine G19 Silber Elite soccer team that he helped move up from the Bronze level.