16 Gabriel Romero
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- Height:
- 6-2
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- Weight:
- 175
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- Year:
- Senior
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- Hometown:
- San Jose, Costa Rica
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- High School:
- Liceo Laboratorio
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- Position:
- Defender
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- Major:
- Computer Science & Engineering
SENIOR (2012): Injury sidelined Romero for the majority of his final collegiate season, being able to play and start in just six of SCU's 19 contests ... was three-year starter in the Bronco backline, and started in each of the first five games of the Broncos' 2012 campaign, vs. Cal (Aug. 24), at Duke (Aug. 31), vs. North Carolina State (Sept. 2) and vs. No. 3 Creighton (Sept. 7) ... returned from injury to appear in two more games, first at St. Mary's (Oct. 3) and later at Portland (Oct. 12).
JUNIOR (2011): Turned in another solid season for Santa Clara, playing and starting in all but one game ... his 1,593 minutes played ranked sixth on the team ... part of an outstanding Bronco backline which posted nine shutouts ... helped Santa Clara get off to a 6-1-3 start and earn a national ranking of No. 18 ... the Broncos posted wins over Stanford (Aug. 27), No. 14 Cal (Sept. 16) and tied No. 6 UCLA (Sept. 2) ... SCU also won five straight games to close out the season to challenge for the WCC title ... they finished with the league's best overall record, 11-5-4.
SOPHOMORE (2010): Made an immediate impact at Santa Clara helping the Broncos win the 2010 WCC Championship ... started in all but two of the team's final 19 games, missing one with injury ... played 1,612 minutes, which ranked fourth on the team ... was highly praised by head coach Cameron Rast on his play as the Broncos' center defender.
COLLEGE: Attended the International University of the Americas in San Jose, Costa Rica in 2009-10 … played with the exclusive U-21 Barrio Mexico club program … team captain on the U-21 national championship team, claiming the Alto Rendimiento Division title ... decided to transfer to Santa Clara, beginning in the fall quarter of 2010.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Liceo Laboratorio, focusing on science … played with the Municipal Tibas club team … won the Asociación Nacional de Futbol (ANAFA) U-18 championship with Tibas … selected team captain.
PERSONAL: Son of Victor Romero and Carmen Castro … three older siblings, Daniel, Adrian and Claudia … plans to study computer science and engineering at Santa Clara … majoring in Computer Science and Engineering.
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 | Portland | L, 2-1 |
| Oct 28 | Gonzaga | W, 3-1 |
| Oct 31 | Saint Mary's | T, 0-0 |
| Nov 2 | at San Francisco | W, 1-0 |
| Nov 9 | at Loyola Marymount | T, 0-0 |
| Nov 11 | at San Diego | W, 3-2 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 4 | 2 | ||
| Games started | 4 | 2 | ||
| Goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Assists | 0 | 0 | ||
| Points | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shots | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shot Pct | - | - | ||
| Penalty kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Game-winning goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | sh | pct | pk | gw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18 | Cal Poly | L, 3-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 24 | California | L, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 31 | at Duke | W, 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 2 | vs. North Carolina St. | L, 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 7 | Creighton | L, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | San José State | L, 5-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 16 | at Stanford | W, 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 21 | NJIT | W, 2-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 28 | San Diego | W, 2-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 30 | Loyola Marymount | W, 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 3 | at Saint Mary's | L, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | San Francisco | W, 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 12 | at Portland | W, 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Gonzaga | W, 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 26 | Portland | L, 2-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 28 | Gonzaga | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 31 | Saint Mary's | T, 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 2 | at San Francisco | W, 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 9 | at Loyola Marymount | T, 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 11 | at San Diego | W, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| gp | gs | gpg | a/g | pts/g | sh/g | sh% | sog/g | sog% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4 | 4 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
| Conference | 2 | 2 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
| Exhibition | 1 | - | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
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| Home | 2 | 2 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
| Away | 2 | 2 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Wins | 1 | 1 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
| Losses | 3 | 3 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
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| August | 1 | 1 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
| September | 1 | 1 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
| October | 2 | 2 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | yc | rc | pk | gw | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Conference | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Exhibition | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
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| Home | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Away | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - |
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| Wins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
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| August | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| October | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |