Player Bio

Saw her first significant action for the full National Team in 2008 after playing in youth World Cups in 2004 and 2006 … 2010: Played in 17 matches, starting 11, and finished third on the team in scoring with seven goals (topping her career high of six achieved in 2008) and one assist … Scored her first career hat trick against Guatemala at the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying tournament, in which she played four games, starting three, and scored four times … Scored one of the biggest goals of her career in the second leg of the Women’s World Cup playoff series against Italy, pounding in the game-winner in a 1-0 victory on Nov. 27 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill … Started both legs of the playoff series and played all but five minutes over the two games … 2009: Started five of the seven games she played for the USA … 2008: Played in 26 matches while starting 11 … Scored her first two full international goals in the first match of the 2008 year against Canada and added another against Norway in Algarve Cup … Made a strong run to earn a spot in the Olympic Team, then came off the bench in the first match before starting the final five games … Scored once at the Olympics, against New Zealand, but had two assists, including the pass on the game-winner to Carli Lloyd in the gold medal game … Scored six goals with seven assists on the year including two game-winners against Brazil in 1-0 victories at the Peace Queen Cup in South Korea and in a friendly match in Commerce City, Colo., before the Olympics … 2006: Earned three caps in 2006, all off the bench at the Algarve Cup … 2005: Earned two caps in 2005 at the Algarve Cup, 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 during 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 Cup, she had scored 14 goals in total 20 matches for the U-20s in 2006 heading into the World Cup, 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 Cup by scoring four goals in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Mexico in January of 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 Cup 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: Jan. 16, 2008, vs. Canada.

2010: Had a breakout season in 2010 with the Philadelphia Independence, leading the team in scoring with 12 goals and six assists … Finished third in the league in goals … 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 … Finished second on the team in minutes played with 2,001 … Named to the WPS Best XI and a starter in the WPS All-Star Game … 2009: The No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 WPS College Draft by the Boston Breakers for the inaugural WPS season in 2009 … Started 11 of the 17 games she played for the Breakers, scoring one goal … Traded to the Independence on Sept. 29, 2009, during the WPS off-season, along with the Breakers’ first-round draft pick (fifth overall) for Philadelphia’s two first round selections (second overall and 11th overall) in the 2010 draft … Youth: On the youth level, she 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.

Finished her college career as the fourth all-time leading scorer in school history at USC with 31 goals and 17 assists (79 points) … Twelve of her goals were game-winners … As a senior in 2008, she led the Trojans with eight goals in 20 games and was selected First-Team All-Pac-10 and a Third-Team NSCAA All-American, leading the USC to the NCAA Tournament … She missed the first three games of the season while at the Olympics … 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 ... Had a solid freshman year, 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 … High School: Attended Santa Margarita Catholic 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 Los Angeles 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 SMCHS.

Full name is Amy Joy Rodriguez … Nickname is “A-Rod” … Finishing up her work towards a degree in psychology at USC … Engaged to be married to former USC water polo player Adam Shilling … Enjoys wakeboarding and camping with her family … Oldest of three children, 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 Lionel Messi and Fernando Torres … Is an excellent hair braider … Favorite color is green … Enjoys shopping and getting her nails done with her mom … Says her favorite pet is her little sister, Lauren, who is known as “L-Rod.”