In his first season working with the Falcon goalkeepers, Gilberto Sandoval comes in with seven years of coaching experience. Prior to joining the Cerritos staff, Sandoval was the goalkeeper coach at Rio Hondo College from 2003-04 after serving as the Bell Gardens High School junior varsity boys (2002-03) and girls (2001) head coach. With the boy’s team, he led them to the league championship and went undefeated, while the girl’s team placed third in league play.

In addition to his school coaching, Sandoval has served as the Bell Gardens Imperio Competition and Club Director since 1999 and also holds an “A” License from the Instituto Brasilero do Futbol and a “B” License from the United State Soccer Federation.

Sandoval also spent 10 days coaching at a training session at the Universidad de Costa Rico, spent two years coaching the Universidad Autondua de Guadalajara Mexican 1st Division Team and 20 days with the Necaxa Futbol Club, a 1st Division team.

While as a midfielder and goalkeeper at Bell Gardens High, Sandoval helped lead his team to three league championships and also sent several years playing semi-pro soccer.