Amy Rodriguez

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Amy Rodriguez
Amy Rodriguez 2010.jpg
Amy Rodriguez (2010)
Personnel
Surname Amy Joy Rodriguez
birthday 17th February 1987
place of birth Beverly Hills , California ,  USA
size 163 cm
position Striker
Juniors
Years station
West Coast FC
Laguna Hills Eclipse
2005-2008 USC Trojans
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2009 Boston Breakers 17 0(1)
2010-2011 Philadelphia Independence 33 (14)
2013 Seattle Reign FC 0 0(0)
2014-2017 Kansas City FC 34 (20)
2018– Utah Royals FC 43 (14)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2001 USA U16
2002-2003 USA U17
2003-2004 USA U19
2006 USA U20 19 (11)
2005 USA U-21
2005-2018 United States 132 (30)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019

2 As of September 3, 2018

Amy Joy Rodriguez Shilling (born February 17, 1987 in Beverly Hills , California ) is an American football player . She plays for Utah Royals FC and, intermittently, for the US national team from 2005 to 2018 .

life and career

Rodriguez in a game against Athletica
Rodriguez warming up before the friendly against Canada on September 17, 2011

Rodriguez started playing football at Santa Margarita Catholic High School , playing for West Coast SC from U-12 to U-14 , then moved to U-14 of the Laguna Hills Eclipse , for which she played up to U-18 . During her studies at the University of Southern California , she played for the USC Trojans , with whom she won the 2007 NCAA championship. When the WPS started , she played for Boston Breakers .

Rodriguez played through several US youth teams and at the age of 17 was part of the squad that finished third at the 2004 Women's U-19 World Cup in Thailand , appearing in all six games and scoring two goals. In 2005 she won the Nordic Cup with the U-21 and in 2006 the CONCACAF U-20 women's championship in 2006 , scoring four goals. She took part in the U-20 World Cup in Russia with the U-20 team and finished fourth after losing on penalties in both the semi-finals and the third-place match. She was used in four games and scored two goals. In the game for third place, however, she missed a penalty in the shoot-out against Brazil.

Rodriguez made her first international match against Finland on March 11, 2005, shortly after her 18th birthday, and the US team won the Algarve Cup four days later by beating Germany 1-0 . She scored her first international goal almost three years later on January 16, 2008 against Canada when she made it 1-0 in the 51st minute. 14 minutes later she also made it 2-0. In between, she also took part in the Algarve Cup in 2006 when she lost to Germany on penalties in the final. In 2008, however, she was able to repeat the success of 2005 and by submitting to Carli Lloyd in the final of the Olympic Games in Beijing, she played a key role in winning the gold medal.

From 2010 to 2011 she was active for Philadelphia Independence .

In 2010 she won the Algarve Cup again and scored three goals in one game for the first time: At the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup , she scored 1-0, 6-0 and 9-0 in the game against Guatemala. Since the USA missed the direct qualification for the 2011 World Cup due to the defeat in the semi-finals against Mexico, they had to go to the playoffs against the European fifth Italy. She managed the winning goal to make it 1-0 in the second game.

In 2011 it was used in nine out of 10 games before the World Cup. a. in the victories in the four-nation tournament and the Algarve Cup . At 1.63 m - which corresponds to the average height of the Japanese squad - she is the smallest player in the US squad for the 2011 World Cup in Germany . She was used in all three preliminary round matches as well as in the quarter-finals and reached the semi-finals with her team. There she gave in the 9th minute the submission for the 1-0 opening goal by Lauren Cheney . The USA team won the game 3-1. It was not used in the final against Japan, which was lost 3-1 .

On January 20, she became the fifth US player to score five goals in a 14-0 record win over the Dominican Republic , where she was substituted on in the second half. She also managed a "flawless" hat trick .

Rodriguez was in the squad for the Olympic football tournament in London and was substituted on in the three preliminary round games and in the quarter-finals. In the final against Japan (final score 2: 1) on August 9, 2012, she was not used and won her second gold medal without being used in the final.

On December 8, 2012, she made her 100th international match in a 2-0 win against China and on this occasion led the team onto the field as captain.

In the 2013 season, she should play in the newly founded National Women's Soccer League , the highest American professional league in women's football, for Seattle Reign FC . On January 29, 2013 it was confirmed that Rodriguez and her husband Adam Shilling, to whom she has been married since October 8, 2011, are expecting their first child and will therefore miss the first season of the NWSL. For the 2014 season, Rodriguez moved to league rivals FC Kansas City in exchange for Kristie Mewis . In March 2014, she was back in the US squad at the 2014 Algarve Cup , but it was unable to match the successes of previous years.

With FC Kansas City , she finished both the 2014 and 2015 seasons in second place, and in 2014 she was the second best goalscorer in the league with 13 goals. In both seasons she then reached the final in the NWSL Championship Play-offs and won this with her team against Seattle Reign FC , the first-placed team in both regular seasons. She scored the goals for her team's victory in both finals, two for a 2-1 win in 2014 and the only goal in the final in 2015. In the choice of the most valuable female player (MVP) of the 2014 season, she took 3rd place.

She was also part of the US squad for the 2015 World Cup in Canada . However, she only made two appearances: In the second group game against Sweden , she came on for Morgan Brian in the 58th minute and in the quarter-finals against China she was in the starting line-up instead of a player who was suspended from yellow . The 5-2 of her team in the final against Japan made her world champion for the first time.

Due to her second pregnancy, she was not considered for the qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics . In 2017, she only came to one league game due to a torn cruciate ligament . For the 2018 season she moved to Utah Royals FC and made 19 league appearances, 16 of them in the starting line-up. In 2018 she had two appearances as a substitute for the national team in friendly matches. For the Gold Cup 2018 she was nominated for the provisional squad with 35 players, but she was not considered for the final squad. In the 2019 NWSL season she was used in all 24 league games and was the third best goalscorer with nine goals together with three other players.

successes

Awards

  • Gatorade and Parade Girl's High School Player of the Year 2004
  • NSCAA Player of the Year 2004
  • Offensive MVP of the Final Four 2007

Web links

Commons : Amy Rodriguez  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIFA.com Match Report Brazil - USA ( Memento of July 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ US Women Defeat Guatemala 9-0 to Qualify for Semifinals at CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying in Cancun, Mexico ( Memento from March 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ US Women Qualify For 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup with 1-0 Victory Against Italy in Chicago ( Memento from November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ ussoccer.com: Sundhage Names 2011 US Women's World Cup Team ( Memento from May 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Match Report Cathedral. Republic - USA ( Memento from February 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ FIFA.com: US women soccer players with record victory
  7. ↑ ussoccer.com: US Women's National Team Defeats China PR 2-0 in Detroit ( Memento of December 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ ussoccer.com: NWSL Announces Allocation of 55 National Team Players to Eight Clubs ( Memento from March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ A-Rod on A-Rod . US Soccer. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved on April 8, 2013.
  10. ^ Pregnant Amy Rodriguez to miss NWSL season . NBC Sports. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  11. ↑ sbisoccer.com: USWNT name provisional 35-player roster for Concacaf Women's Championship
personal data
SURNAME Rodriguez, Amy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rodriguez, Amy Joy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American national soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Beverly Hills , California , USA