Josué Soto Martínez (born December 22, 1995) is an American professional

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player who last played as a defender for

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club

Austin Bold Austin Bold FC (ABFC) was an American professional soccer team located in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2017, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019. In 2021, Austin Bold FC announced it would be moving to Fort Worth, Texas leaving ...

Career

Soto played collegiately at

California Baptist University California Baptist University (Cal Baptist or CBU) is a private Baptist Christian university in Riverside, California. Founded in 1950 as California Baptist College, it is affiliated with the California Southern Baptist Convention, an organiz ...

in Riverside, California, where he earned All-PacWest honorable mention honors following his freshman season. Born in Perris,

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

, Soto attended nearby Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, where he was a four-year starter at forward for the Wolves. In 2016, the California native played with the

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

U-20 side, helping the club to a U-20 championship. Soto spent two-plus seasons on loan to

Cimarrones de Sonora The Cimarrones de Sonora Fútbol Club is a Mexican football club that plays in the Liga Premier de México. The club is based in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. History The "Cimarrones de Sonora" were born in 2013, when the "Rays" of Poblado Miguel ...

of the

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, where he appeared in 51 matches and logging 3,529 minutes of play. On February 5, 2019,

Austin Bold FC Austin Bold FC (ABFC) was an American professional association football, soccer team located in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2017, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019. In 2021, Austin Bold FC announced it would be moving to Fort ...

announced that they had loaned Soto from

Querétaro FC Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro. It is located in north-central Mexico, in a regio ...

for the rest of 2019.AUSTIN BOLD FC ADDS DEFENDER JOSUÉ SOTO AND GOALKEEPER JUAN DAVID RAMÍREZ
austinboldfc.com, February 5, 2019

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Josué Soto
at Austin Bold FC's website 1995 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Soccer players from California American sportspeople of Mexican descent Ascenso MX players USL Championship players Cimarrones de Sonora players Austin Bold FC players American expatriate men's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico California Baptist Lancers men's soccer players Martin Luther King High School (Riverside, California) alumni 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-defender-1990s-stub