2017 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Xavier Gomez
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- MF
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 150
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Maine West
Honors and Awards
Dr. John Langan Phoenix Award (2017)
Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2017)
First Team All-Summit League (2017)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2017)
Drafted in the second round by Minnesota United (2018)
2017 (Senior)
Appeared in 17 matches for Omaha, starting in all 17 appearances…posted a grand total of 1,486 minutes played for the Mavericks, with a season-best 110 minute effort on Sept. 30 against Fort Wayne…he was second on the team in points on the season with 18…he rifled a total of 36 shots on the year scoring five goals for the Mavericks….he was the team leader in assists dishing out eight of them, including on Sept. 17 when he had two...scored Omaha's lone goal in regulation in the Summit League Championship match vs. Denver...drafted by Minnesota United in the 2018 SuperDraft.
2016 (Junior)
Earned the Dr. John Langan Phoenix Award...appeared in all 19 games with seven starts…finished the season with three points on a goal and an assist including one game winning goal…scored a goal and had an assist off the bench at Oral Roberts on Nov. 5.
2014 (Sophomore)
Played in 17 games and started 11 as a midfielder….scored two goals with two assists…his first collegiate goal came against Drake on Oct. 28…also scored on Nov. 16 at Grand Canyon…tallied assists against Belmont and Denver…had 19 shots with six on frame.
2013 (Freshman)
Played in 15 games and started eight as a midfielder in his first year at UNO...had 13 shots and four shots on goal...had five of his 13 shots and three of his four shots on goal over his final three games of the season.
Before UNO
Played in the US Soccer Development Academy with Chicago Magic PSG...led his academy team with nine goals while starting 25 of 30 games...helped Chicago Magic reach the USSDA Playoffs (round of 32) in June 2013...was named one of the top 20 players to watch in the Midwest in both 2010 and 2011 by Top Drawer Soccer...served as team captain for his club team, Sockers FC, for three years, winning the Illinois state championship in 2007 and the Region II championship in 2008 to qualify for the National Championships...posted quarterfinal finishes at tournaments in Sweden and Denmark...made the 2010 Illinois ODP team, as well as the regional pool, and was a finalist in the ODP Regional Tournament...was invited to play in the "Bridge to the Pros" program as a high school freshman...earned all-conference, all-section and all-area honors at Maine West High School in Des Plaines, Ill., in 2011 and was awarded the team's Mr. Offense award.
