2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Hector Taboada
- Position:
- Midfielder/Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Barcelona, Spain
- Prev School:
- SD Huesca
Pronunciation:
2024 (Sophomore): Honorable Mention All-Summit League ... NCAA Round of 16 Qualifier ... Summit League Champion ... Appeared in 18 games, making five starts ... Played 685 total minutes ... Scored nine goals, second-most on team ... Also tallied two assists ... Ranked third on team with 20 total points ... Ranked third in the Summit and 48th in the nation with .50 goals per game average ... Ranked fifth in Summit, 78th in NCAA with 1.11 points per game average ... Started and played 72 minutes in season-opening win at Saint Mary's on Aug. 22 ... Scored 33rd-minute goal in Sep. 2 win at Missouri State ... Scored in 43rd minute of win at NIU on Sep. 6 ... Assisted on Elie Kisoka's 59th-minute equalizer in win at UNLV on Sep. 19 ... Scored in 42nd minute of win over Tulsa on Sep. 24 ... Played 33 minutes in win over No. 3 Denver on Oct. 12 ... Scored in 70th minute of game at No. 9 Denver on Oct. 30 ... Set program record by scoring five goals in win over Avila on Nov. 3, tallying a program record of 11 points ... Started and played 36 minutes in Nov. 9 win over Oral Roberts ... Played nine minutes in Summit League Championship win over top-seeded (No. 4) Denver on Nov. 16 ... Played 35 minutes in NCAA First Round victory at Saint Louis on Nov. 21
2023 (Freshman): Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Played in all 18 games, making 15 starts ... Played 1,198 total minutes, ranking sixth on the team ... Scored three goals, tied for the team lead ... Also made two assists, one of six players with more than one ... His eight points were tied for second-most on the team ... Attempted 15 shots, placing five on goal ... Started and made collegiate debut at Utah Valley on Aug. 24 ... Attempted first shot against No. 18 Missouri State on Aug. 31 ... Scored first-career goal in 39th minute of Sep. 4 win over Drake, later scoring the game-winner in the 66th minute for the first brace by a Roo since Mar. 6, 2021 ... Played full 90 minutes in Sep. 12 win over Creighton, assisting on Brice Middleton's 64th minute goal ... Assisted on a Brice Middleton goal for the second-straight game in the 80th minute against Santa Barbara on Sep. 16 ... Scored in 72nd minute of win over Western Illinois on Oct. 18 ... Attempted season-high four shots in win over St. Thomas on Oct. 28 ... Played 99 minutes in Summit League Semifinal win over No. 1 Denver on Nov. 9 ... Played full 90 minutes of Summit League Final against No. 3 Omaha on Nov. 11
High School/Club: Played for SD Huesca, Alcañiz CF and CE Sant Gabriel
Personal: Born June 9, 2004 … Son of Aurelio Taboada Lopez and Sandra Martinez Felix … Has two siblings, David and Sol … Also recruited by Incarnate Word and North Florida … favorite TV show is Prison Break … Favorite musical artist is Bad Bunny … Speaks Spanish and Catalan … Intends to study business
Why Kansas City?: “I liked the mentality of the coaches.”
