Northern Illinois University Athletics

2018: Selected by Minnesota United in the fourth round (75th overall) in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft … Named to the United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Third Team … Named to the All-MAC First Team … Ranked third in the MAC in assists with nine … Ranked eighth in the MAC in shots with 40 and 10th in shots on goal with 16 … Started all 18 games for the Huskies … Tallied two goals and nine assists for 13 total points … Scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Houston Baptist (Aug. 31) and also scored a goal against Western Michigan (Oct. 27) … Recorded a pair of assists against Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 7) while also registering assists against: Cincinnati (Aug. 24), Texas Rio Grand Valley (Sept. 2), Eastern Illinois (Sept. 20), Milwaukee (Sept. 25), SIU Edwardsville (Oct. 6), Akron (Oct. 20) and West Virginia (Nov. 3) … Played 1,422 total minutes, including a season-high 105 against SIU Edwardsville (Oct. 6) … Played the full 90 minutes (or more) in seven contests. 

2017: Named to the NIU adidas Invitational All-Tournament Team … Appeared in all 15 matches, making 15 starts, one of just three players to start all 15 matches … Scored one goal and tallied one assist … Scored in the 28th minute against Valparaiso (Oct. 3) … Recorded an assist on Giovanni Pacheco’s ninth minute goal against DePaul (Aug. 25) … Tallied 18 shots, including a season-high five against UTRGV (Sept. 10) … Had seven shots on target … Played 90 minutes, or more, four times.

2016: Appeared in 13 matches, including nine starts … Played a season-high 96 minutes against UIC (Oct. 4) and West Virginia (Nov. 5) … Recorded five points with two goals and one assists … Scored in the 51st minute of NIU’s 1-1 draw at UMBC (Sept. 4) … Also scored NIU’s opening goal in the 42nd minute of a 2-1 victory over Milwaukee for the LeWang Cup (Sept. 21) … Had an assist in a 1-1 draw against UIC (Oct. 4) … Registered 12 shots, including four on goal.

2015: Named MAC Freshman of the Year … Named to the NIU adidas Invitational All-Tournament Team … Appeared in 13 games, including 11 starts … Played a season-high 106 minutes against Buffalo (Oct. 24) … Scored two goals … Tallied his first goal in a 3-2 overtime victory at Eastern Illinois (Sept. 29) … Also scored NIU’s goal in a 1-1 draw against Buffalo (Oct. 24) … Recorded 10 total shots, including five on target.

Prior to NIU: Member of the Houston Dynamo Academy … Appeared in 25 matches, including 13 starts, for the Dynamo U18s in 2014-15, scoring three goals … Helped lead the Dynamo to the 2015 Frontier Division championship and the quarterfinals of the U18 Development Academy Playoffs … Played three seasons at Deer Park High School … Scored 48 goals in three seasons at Deer Park, winning the district championship each year … Earned first team all-district honors as a sophomore and junior, and second team honors as a freshman, at Deer Park … Also played club soccer with Manchester United Houston

Personal: Son of Maribel and Eloy Rodriguez … Born on September 25, 1996 in Pasadena, Texas ... Majoring in communications.