ROBBIE ROGERS Position: Midfielder/Forward Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 lbs. Born: May 12, 1987 in Torrance, Calif. Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif. Club: Columbus Crew (MLS)
• Spent a year in the Netherlands at SC Heerenveen before returning to the U.S. to play for the Columbus Crew in 2007 • Had a breakout performance at the 2007 Under-20 World Cup, demonstrating his speed and dangerous attacking flair as a key member of the squad that advanced to the quarterfinals • Was voted as a starting midfielder in the 2008 MLS All-Star Game along with Olympic teammate Sacha Kljestan. At 21 years old, Rogers was the youngest player invited to play in the game.
U.S. National Teams: Under-23s: Has played in two internationals under Coach Nowak, both coming in a two-game tour of China in December 2007 … Started one game against Olympic hosts on December 16 … Scored opening goal in 13th minute of a 3-3 draw … Came on as a substitute for Olympic teammate Stuart Holden in the second half of a 0-0 draw on December 13 … Under-20s: Had a breakout tournament at the 2007 Under-20 World Cup … Went the distance in two overtime games, the 2-1 Round of 16 win over Uruguay and the 1-2 Quarterfinal loss to Austria … Was among the team leaders in minutes in Canada with over 500 … Had already played in five international games for the U-20s in 2007 coming into training for the World Cup… Played in five international games in 2006, scoring two goals and registering an assist… Scored opening goal in a 2-1 win over Canada and in a 2-2 tie against Denmark in Northern Ireland’s Milk Cup… Played in nine matches in 2005 while battling an injury… First cap with the U-20s came in 2004, while sharing time with the U-18s… Under-18s: Had a total of eight appearances with the U-18s over the course of two years… Scored three goals and added two assists in 2005
Professional: Returned from the Dutch Eredivisie in 2007 and signed with the Columbus Crew … Has cemented his place as a starter with the Crew since then … Scored three goals in 10 appearances in 2007 … Signed with Heerenveen of the in August of 2006, forgoing … Had seen time with the reserve squad, scoring two goals… Scored his first goal in just his second game with the reserves, helping them defeat PSV 3-1…
College: Played one year at Maryland, with Olympic teammate Chris Seitz, in 2005 before signing with Heerenveen… Started 20 games and played in 22 as a freshman in the team’s 2005 NCAA Championship season… Was third on the team in scoring with seven goals and five assists
Personal: Was a two-time Parade All-American at Mater Dei High School in California… Has one younger brother, Tim, and three sisters Alicia, Nicole and Katie… Son of Rob and Theresa Rogers
11/19/2008
U.S. Men
2
Guatemala
0
11/19/2008
U.S. U-20 Women
3
France U-20 Women
0
11/15/2008
U.S. U-17 Women
1
Korea DPR U-17 Women
2
U.S. U-20 Women vs. Argentina U-20 Women
Live on ESPN360.com; 1 p.m. ET/PT on Galavision
11/22/2008 10:00 AM ET
U.S. U-20 Women vs. China PR U-20 Women
Live on ESPNU; 7 p.m. ET/PT on Galavision
11/26/2008 2:00 PM ET
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