Rancho Cordova Sports Hall of Fame

Named the 2017 Big 8 Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year, longtime American River College Coach Arellanes developed his soccer know-how on the fields of Rancho Cordova during the sport’s formative years. His father Robert is the founder of the Rancho Cordova Soccer Club, now the largest youth sport league in Rancho Cordova, and son Paul was one of the early beneficiaries. Arellanes played for Cordova High’s first ever soccer team, for Cosumnes River College (1978-80), Sacramento State (1981-82) and the State Champion Turn Verein Soccer Club (1985). He is a member of the Sacramento State Soccer Hall of Fame, was Men’s Soccer Head Coach at ARC from 1993-2004, and has been Head Coach of the Women’s Soccer Team since 2005.