Rocky Rodríguez

Midfielder

HOMETOWN: San José, Costa Rica

HEIGHT: 5'6"

Raquel “Rocky” Rodríguez joined the Kansas City Current in December 2024 via a trade with Angel City FC. A veteran midfielder, she previously played for Sky Blue FC, Portland Thorns and Angel City FC. Her career highlights include winning the 2021 NWSL Shield and the 2022 NWSL Championship with Portland and earning NWSL Rookie of the Year in 2016 while at Sky Blue FC (now NJ/NY Gotham FC).

Rodríguez was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 NWSL Draft for Sky Blue FC and was tabbed the league’s Rookie of the Year. She played 76 games for Sky Blue/Gotham FC over four seasons with eight goals and five assists. She was traded to Portland prior to the 2020 Challenge Cup and Fall Series, going on to play 52 games for the Thorns while helping them win the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, the 2021 NWSL Shield and the 2022 NWSL Championship. Rodríguez, who was traded to Angel City in January 2024, started 13 of her 20 games for LA and logged 1,139 minutes.

Internationally, Rodríguez is one of the stars of the Costa Rican National Team and has over 100 caps and 58 goals since her debut in 2012. She has twice been nominated for Concacaf Female Player of the Year (2014, 2015) and played every match for her country in the 2015 and 2023 World Cups. Rodríguez scored Costa Rica’s first ever Women’s World Cup goal in 2015, finding the back of the net in the opening match against Spain. She scored three goals at the 2014 Concacaf World Championships to help Costa Rica earn its first Women’s World Cup bid – the first by a Central American team – and had seven goals at the 2013 Central America Games to help her country win gold. She led her Costa Rica U-17 team to a berth in the 2008 FIFA U-17 World Cup and played with the U-20 squad at the 2010 U-20 World Cup.

The 2015 MAC Hermann Trophy and Honda Sport Award winner, Rodríguez saw a standout career at Penn State University from 2012-15. She led the Nittany Lions to their first-ever national championship in 2015 and was named the College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive Player and to the College Cup All-Tournament Team. Other accolades included First Team All-American, Big Ten Midfielder of the Year, Big Ten Freshman of the Year and three All-Big Ten honors. She totaled 23 goals and 28 assists in 92 appearances while logging over 6,700 minutes.