sentences:  One U-13 team advanced to and won the Midwest Regional competition (Detroit, MI) against 7 neighboring states.Mendoza had the satisfaction of seeing the local high school, consisting of players who had almost entirely been coached as youth players by himself, win the Illinois high school state championship in 1972 and each year from 1976 to 1980, then again in 1982, 1987, 1989 and 1990.On October 4, 1984, he was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame.