Marco Rodriguez (soccer)

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Marco Rodriguez
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth Toronto, Canada
Position Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2013 Club Atlético Platense
2014 Defensor Sporting
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Toronto FC Academy
2015 Windsor Arch Ka I 10 (6)
2016 York Region Shooters
2016–2018 Florida Tropics SC (indoor) 42 (10)
2017 Vaughan Azzurri 1 (0)
2018–2019 Mississauga MetroStars (indoor) 18 (11)
2019 Toronto Croatia
International career
2016–2021 Canada Futsal 10 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Rodriguez (born January 7, 1992) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder. He has also played at the international level with the Canada national futsal team.

Career

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Early career

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Rodriguez played at the youth level in Argentina with Club Atlético Platense from 2009 until 2013.[1] After a successful trial with Defensor Sporting in 2013, he was accepted into the club's reserve squad.[2] Following a year in Uruguay, he returned to Canada in 2014 and became involved with Toronto FC Academy in League1 Ontario.[3] In his debut season with TFC Academy, he helped the club win the Inter-Provincial Cup after defeating CS Longueuil.[4]

Asia

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In 2015, he played abroad in Asia in Macau's Liga de Elite with Windsor Arch Ka I.[5] His tenure with the club was short as he departed for the last portion of the season.[6][7] He would appear in 10 matches and record 6 goals.[8]

Canada

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He returned to Canada in 2016 to play in the southern Ontario-based Canadian Soccer League with the York Region Shooters.[9] Rodriguez made his debut for the club on May 29, 2016, against Brantford Galaxy where he recorded a goal.[9] Throughout his stint with York Region, he assisted the club in securing the First Division title.[10] He had another run in League1 Ontario in 2017 where he played with Vaughan Azzurri.[11] In the summer of 2019, he participated in the Croatian World Club Championship with Toronto Croatia where he played in the championship final where Toronto lost the match in a penalty shootout to SC Croat San Pedro.[12]

Indoor

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In 2016, he won the Futsal Canadian Championship with Toronto United Futsal.[13]

He joined the professional ranks of indoor soccer for the 2016-17 season when he signed with Florida Tropics SC of the Major Arena Soccer League.[14] He recorded a hat-trick on January 14, 2017, against St. Louis Ambush.[15] Rodriguez received an honorable mention for week 12 of the competition.[16] In his debut season with Florida, he appeared in 20 matches and recorded 8 goals.[17] He returned for his sophomore season, where he appeared in 22 matches and recorded 2 goals.[17]

When the MASL expanded into Canada, he was acquired by the expansion side, Mississauga MetroStars, for the 2018-19 season.[1][18] He missed the opening match due to a buildup of suspension cards from his previous tenure with Florida.[19][18] He made his debut for Mississauga on December 7, 2018, against his former club. Florida, where he also recorded his first goal for the MetroStars.[20] He assisted Mississauga in breaking their losing streak of eight matches by contributing a goal against Harrisburg Heat, which marked the club's second win of the season.[21] After an incident with a player in Harrisburg on March 9, 2019, he received a suspension for several matches.[22][23][24] In total, he made 18 appearances and scored 11 goals.[17]

International career

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Rodriguez was selected by head coach Kyt Selaidopoulos to help the Canada national futsal team qualify for the 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship in a qualification series against the United States.[25][26] Throughout the futsal tournament, he recorded a goal against Curacao where the Canadians won the match by a score of 7-4.[27] He was called up by Selaidopoulos once more, this time for the 2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.[28][29] In the opening match for the national team, he helped Canada defeat Haiti.[30] The national team managed to advance to the quarterfinals but was defeated in a penalty shootout by Panama.[31]

Personal life

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Rodriguez was born in Toronto to Argentine parents.[26]

Honours

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York Region Shooters

References

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