2019 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Anika Rodriguez
- Position:
- Forward/Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Torrance
- Hometown:
- Torrance, Calif.
2019
Ranked third on the team in assists with six … Assisted on both goals in UCLA’s 2-1 win over Washington … Assisted on the game-winner at Oregon … Played in 20 games and started 13, including the final 10 games of the season … UCLA went 12-1 in games in which she started … Earned her first start at Arizona State and recorded her first point of the season with an assist in the 4-1 win.
2018
Played in 11 games and started 10 before succumbing to a season-ending knee injury in October … Recorded four goals, including two at California … Received third-team All-Pac-12 honors … Scored the game-winning goals against Pepperdine and Arizona State … Assisted on the game-winner with two seconds remaining against Long Beach State … Had a one goal, one assist game against Pepperdine.
2017
Scored late game-winning goals in the NCAA second round vs. Northwestern in overtime and in the NCAA third round vs. Virginia in the 89th minute … Ranked second on the team in all scoring categories with career-highs of 25 points, nine assists and three game-winning goals … Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week Nov. 7 after scoring the game-tying goal and assisting on the game-winner in the 3-2 overtime win over USC … Selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after her NCAA 2nd and 3rd round heroics … Twice named the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 7 and 20) … Recorded the game-winning goal and an assist in the 2-0 win over Oregon and totaled four one-goal, one-assist games on the year.
2016
Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors and first-team Pac-12 All-Freshman acclaim … Selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI first team … Played in all 22 games and made 20 starts … Led the team and ranked second in the Pac-12 in assists with eight … Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with 14 points … Scored the game-winning goal in the NCAA First Round vs. Seattle … Had two-assist games against Long Beach State and Washington … Assisted on the game-winners against San Diego State, Texas A&M, Long Beach State and Washington … Scored her first collegiate goal against San Diego and also had a goal at Arizona … Ranks seventh in Top Drawer Soccer’s Midseason Top 100 Freshman list.
2015
Redshirted the season due to injury.
U.S. National Team
Played on U.S. Youth National Teams from U-14 to U-17 … Scored a goal in the opening match of the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament … Called up to training camp with the U-23s in May 2018.
High School/Club
Two-year All-American and All-CIF player at Torrance HS … Earned all-league honors four years … Competed on the track and field team as a sprinter for two seasons … Played club soccer with SoCal Blues, which won the 2016 USYS national title … Named to Best Eleven at the 2016 USYS National Championships.
Personal
Full name is Anika Elia Rodriguez … Born in Torrance, Calif. … Parents are Rafael and Elia Rodriguez … Has two younger sisters, Karina and Nikaela, and two younger brothers, Cristian and Nicolas … Played three years at UCLA with sister Karina … Political Science major.
