Amy Rodriguez
Height: 5-4 (1.62 m)
Born: Feb. 17, 1987, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Hometown: Lake Forest, Calif.
College: University of Southern Calif.
U.S. National Teams: Won Gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China ... Saw her first significant action for the full National Team in 2008, playing in 12 matches heading into the Peace Queen Cup in June while starting four ... Scored the first three full team goals, getting two against Canada in the first match of the year and adding another against Norway in Algarve Cup ... Played in three matches off the bench at the 2006 Algarve Cup ... Earned first two caps with the full Women's National Team at the 2005 Algarve Cup in Portugal, playing as a sub against Finland and Denmark ... Worked her way from the U.S. U-17s to the U-19s to the U-21s to the full WNT over the course of a year from March of 2004 to March of 2005 ...
Youth National Teams: A member of the U.S. squad at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, she had scored 14 goals in 20 matches for the U-20s in 2006 heading into the World Championship, where she scored two goals as the USA finished fourth ... Finished her U-20 career with 11 goals in 19 U-20 international matches ... Helped the USA qualify for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship by scoring four goals in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Mexico in January 2006 ... Scored the first goal in the 3-2 championship game win over Canada ... A member of the U.S. U-19 team that participated in the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand, she was the only uncapped player on the roster heading into the tournament ... Scored in her first game in Thailand against South Korea and finished the tournament with two goals and two assists ... Played on the USA's 2005 Nordic Cup championship team in Sweden with the U-21s ... Played with the U.S. U-16s and U-17s in 2001 and 2002 and started moving between the U-17s and U-19s in 2003 and 2004 ...
First Appearance: March 11, 2005, vs. Finland ...
First Goal: January 16, 2008, vs. Canada.
College / High School: As a junior, she helped lead USC to its first NCAA title, starting 21 of 25 matches ... She scored twice in the NCAA semifinal in a massive upset of UCLA ... She was named to the All-NCAA Tournament Team and the Offensive MVP of the Final Four ... Was Second-Team All-Pac 10 ... Led the Trojans in scoring in 2007 with 10 goals and three assists on the way to a 20-3-1 record and the NCAA Championship ... As a sophomore in 2006, she missed USC's first four games while competing with the U.S. Under-20 National Team at the U-20 FIFA Women's World Championships in Russia ... Started 14 of 16 games after her return, scoring the game-winning goal in USC's NCAA First Round upset of Santa Clara ... Finished with four goals and three assists ... Has a solid freshman year at USC, leading the team in scoring with nine goals and seven assists while compiling a 13-6-2 record ... She was named an NSCAA Third-Team All-American ... Also named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-Pac 10 ... She had four game-winning goals on the year ... Attended Santa Margarita High School, but home schooled for first semester of her senior year due to playing in the U-19 World Championship ... The 2004 Gatorade and Parade Girl's High School Player of the Year ... Was also the NSCAA Player of the Year ... The MVP of her high school team and an All-League and All-CIF selection as a junior and senior and team captain as a senior ... The Orange County Register and LA Times Girl's High School Player of the Year ... Named an NSCAA and Parade All-American in 2003 and 2004 ... Was the female athlete of the year at SMHS.
Club: Played for West Coast SC from U-12 through U-14 before changing to the Laguna Hills Eclipse from U-14 until present ... Won the state, regional and national title as U-15s and U-18s (in 2005) with the Eclipse.
Personal: Full name is Amy Joy Rodriguez ... Nickname is "A-Rod" ... Was a member of the honor roll at SMHS and a Model United Nations Delegate ... Enjoys wakeboarding and camping with her family ... Oldest of three kids, her younger sister, Lauren, plays club for West Coast FC ... Father is of Cuban descent and she speaks a bit of Spanish and hopes to one day be fluent ... Favorite soccer players are Mia Hamm, Abby Wambach and Kristine Lilly... Enjoys shopping and getting her nails done with her mom.