1. Amy Joy Rodriguez Shilling is an American soccer coach and retired professional player who most recently served as head coach of Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League.
65 Facts About Amy Rodriguez
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Amy Rodriguez has a sister named Lauren and brother named Adam.
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In 2005, Rodriguez was considered the nation's top recruit and was named National Player of the Year by Parade Magazine, EA Sports and NSCAA after scoring 17 goals in 15 games for Santa Margarita Catholic during her senior year.
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Amy Rodriguez earned local honors as the Orange County Register Player of the Year and Girls Soccer Player of the Year, as well as the Los Angeles Times Girls' Soccer Player of the Year.
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Amy Rodriguez was a four-time all-league selection and All-CIF honoree.
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Amy Rodriguez was recruited by and eventually attended the University of Southern California.
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Amy Rodriguez played for the Trojans women's soccer team from 2005 through 2008.
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Amy Rodriguez finished her career at USC as the number four all-time scorer and was considered a cornerstone in the team's first-ever NCAA Women's Soccer Championship.
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Amy Rodriguez holds the school's second career game-winning goal record with 12, is number four all-time in career points with 79, and is ranked sixth in career assists with 17.
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Amy Rodriguez was named the 2005 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, a member of the Soccer Times All-America Third Team, and was selected to the All-Pac-10 First Team and Pac-10 All-Freshman Team.
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Amy Rodriguez was named a SoccerBuzz Freshman All-American first-teamer and SoccerBuzz All-West Region first-teamer the same year.
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In 2006, Amy Rodriguez missed USC's first four games while competing with the United States under-20 national team at the U-20 World Championships.
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Amy Rodriguez finished the season with four goals and three assists.
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Amy Rodriguez appeared in all 25 games as a junior in 2007, starting in 21 matches on her way to leading the Trojans in scoring and to the national championship.
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Amy Rodriguez finished with a team-high of 10 goals along with three assists for 23 points on the year and had three game-winning goals.
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Amy Rodriguez finished the season ranked sixth in all-time in career points, seventh in goals, sixth in assists and fourth in game-winning goals.
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Amy Rodriguez was USC's top scorer with eight goals during the season, provided four assists finishing with 20 points.
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Amy Rodriguez was named a Preseason All-American and was on the watch list for the Hermann Trophy.
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Amy Rodriguez was selected to the All-Pac-10 First Team and was an NSCAA All-American Third Team pick.
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Amy Rodriguez played for the Los Angeles Strikers as her club team.
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Amy Rodriguez signed to play with West Coast FC of Women's Premier Soccer League in 2008.
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Amy Rodriguez's playing rights were assigned to the Boston Breakers.
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On September 29,2009, Amy Rodriguez was traded with Boston's first round selection in the 2010 WPS Draft to WPS expansion team, the Philadelphia Independence, in exchange for Philadelphia's first two selections in the 2010 WPS Draft.
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Amy Rodriguez was named the WPS Player of the Month for June 2010.
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Amy Rodriguez finished third in the league in goals and scored the winning goal in the first round of the playoffs in overtime against the Washington Freedom to send her team to the Super Semifinal.
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Amy Rodriguez finished second on the team in minutes played with 2,001.
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Amy Rodriguez was named to the WPS Best XI and a starter in the WPS All-Star Game.
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Amy Rodriguez was a finalist for the WPS Michelle Akers Player of the Year Award and was named the Independence's Most Valuable Offensive Player.
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About a month after the allocation, Seattle announced that Amy Rodriguez was pregnant and would not be available to play for the 2013 season.
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In 2015 FC Kansas City reached the Championship game and Amy Rodriguez scored the game-winning goal off an assist from Heather O'Reilly to win the 2015 NWSL Championship; she was named the match's MVP.
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Amy Rodriguez missed the 2016 NWSL season as she was pregnant with her second child.
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Amy Rodriguez returned to FC Kansas City for the 2017 NWSL season.
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Amy Rodriguez began the 2018 season on the 45-Day disabled list as she was still recovering from her knee injury.
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Amy Rodriguez finished the season with 5 goals, which was the second highest on the team.
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Amy Rodriguez signed a contract with Utah prior to the 2019 NWSL season as she was no longer an allocated player by US Soccer.
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On June 15,2019, Amy Rodriguez contributed the game's only goal in a win over Sky Blue FC on a lengthy, slaloming run finished with a 25-yard shot from outside the box to the upper corner, with her effort ultimately earning a nomination for the FIFA Puskas Award as one of the year's most beautiful goals.
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Amy Rodriguez played for several United States national youth teams, appearing in two FIFA youth championships: the 2004 U-19 World Championship in Thailand and the 2006 U-20 World Championship in Russia, as well as the 2005 Nordic Cup in Sweden.
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Amy Rodriguez's first appearance for the United States women's national team came on March 11,2005, against Finland in the Algarve Cup while she was a senior in high school.
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Amy Rodriguez earned two caps, playing as a sub against Finland and Denmark.
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In 2008, Amy Rodriguez played in 26 matches, starting in 11.
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Amy Rodriguez scored her first two full international goals in the first match of the year against Canada and added another against Norway in the Algarve Cup.
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Amy Rodriguez had appeared in 18 senior team matches going into the Olympics.
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Amy Rodriguez provided the assist on Carli Lloyd's game-winning goal in the first period of extra time in the gold medal match to clinch the title.
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In 2011, Amy Rodriguez started all 18 games she played for the United States and recorded 1,102 minutes of playing time.
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Amy Rodriguez played in her first FIFA Women's World Cup at the senior level, starting the first five matches of the tournament.
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Amy Rodriguez started both legs of the playoff series and played all but five minutes over the two games.
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Amy Rodriguez's performance set a record for goals scored in a single match by one player in CONCACAF Olympic qualifying, and tied the single-game record for the United States national team.
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Amy Rodriguez was a member of the team that competed in the 2012 London Olympics.
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Amy Rodriguez played four matches as a substitute and received her second Olympic gold medal, the gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics being her first.
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In 2012, Amy Rodriguez had nine goals off the bench to tie for the second most in United States women's national team history with Debbie Keller.
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On December 8,2012, Amy Rodriguez celebrated her 100th cap with the senior national team during an international friendly against China at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
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In January 2013, Amy Rodriguez announced that she was pregnant with her first child and would miss all of 2013.
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Amy Rodriguez returned to the National Team in January 2014 and was named to the 2014 Algarve Cup roster.
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Amy Rodriguez appeared in twelve matches in 2014 and scored 2 goals.
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Amy Rodriguez was named to the United States roster for the 2015 Algarve Cup, she scored in a group stage game against Switzerland.
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At the 2015 World Cup Amy Rodriguez appeared in two matches.
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In January 2016, Amy Rodriguez announced that she was expecting her second child and would miss the 2016 Olympics.
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Amy Rodriguez was named to the roster for the 2018 Tournament of Nations, the USwon the tournament, but Rodriguez did not get any playing time.
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Amy Rodriguez was named to the 35-player provisional roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship but she was not named to the final 20-player squad.
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On January 28,2022, Amy Rodriguez announced her retirement from professional soccer as a player.
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Amy Rodriguez had played with Utah Royals FC president Michelle Hyncik in youth soccer and high school, and Hyncik credited their personal connection for the hiring decision.
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Amy Rodriguez is called "A-Rod" by her teammates and soccer commentators.
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Amy Rodriguez married fellow USC athlete Adam Shilling on October 8,2011.
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US Soccer announced Amy Rodriguez was pregnant with her second child when they released an article on December 21,2015 announcing the roster for the next training camp.
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Amy Rodriguez was featured along with her national teammates in the EA Sports' FIFA video game series in FIFA 16, the first time women players were included in the game.