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 โฆ Assisted on both goals in UCLAโs 2-1 win over Washington โฆ Assisted on the game-winner at Oregon โฆ Played in 20 games and started 13, including the final 10 games of the season โฆ UCLA went 12-1 in games in which she started โฆ 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 โฆ Recorded four goals, including two at California โฆ Received third-team All-Pac-12 honors โฆ Scored the game-winning goals against Pepperdine and Arizona State โฆ Assisted on the game-winner with two seconds remaining against Long Beach State โฆ 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 โฆ Ranked second on the team in all scoring categories with career-highs of 25 points, nine assists and three game-winning goals โฆ 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 โฆ Selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after her NCAA 2nd and 3rd round heroics โฆ Twice named the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 7 and 20) โฆ 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 โฆ Selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI first team โฆ Played in all 22 games and made 20 starts โฆ Led the team and ranked second in the Pac-12 in assists with eight โฆ Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with 14 points โฆ Scored the game-winning goal in the NCAA First Round vs. Seattle โฆ Had two-assist games against Long Beach State and Washington โฆ Assisted on the game-winners against San Diego State, Texas A&M, Long Beach State and Washington โฆ Scored her first collegiate goal against San Diego and also had a goal at Arizona โฆ Ranks seventh in Top Drawer Soccerโs Midseason Top 100 Freshman list.ย
2015
Redshirted the season due to injury.
U.S. National Team
Played on U.S. Youth National Teams from U-14 to U-17 โฆ Scored a goal in the opening match of the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament โฆ 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 โฆ Earned all-league honors four years โฆ Competed on the track and field team as a sprinter for two seasons โฆ Played club soccer with SoCal Blues, which won the 2016 USYS national title โฆ Named to Best Eleven at the 2016 USYS National Championships.
Personal
Full name is Anika Elia Rodriguez โฆ Born in Torrance, Calif. โฆ Parents are Rafael and Elia Rodriguez โฆ Has two younger sisters, Karina and Nikaela, and two younger brothers, Cristian and Nicolas โฆ Played three years at UCLA with sister Karina โฆ Political Science major.
