Marco Rodriguez (soccer)

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Marco Rodriguez
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Toronto, Canada
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2013 Club Atlético Platense
2014 Defensor Sporting
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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– 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.

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Career

Early career

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

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

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

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 hattrick 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 throughout 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

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

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

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