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For whatever reason, we just never seemed to have the right circumstances to let Rocky show why she was the #2 pick in the 2016 Draft (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2…, which includes some other former Thorns) and won the NWSL Rookie of the Year. Likewise, why we traded Midge Purce and a 2021 1st rounder (which wound up being included in the dea…
For whatever reason, we just never seemed to have the right circumstances to let Rocky show why she was the #2 pick in the 2016 Draft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_NWSL_College_Draft, which includes some other former Thorns) and won the NWSL Rookie of the Year. Likewise, why we traded Midge Purce and a 2021 1st rounder (which wound up being included in the deal that let Washington draft Trinity Rodman) for her, and why Parsons sought her because she was such a load that Amandine Henry -- then arguably the world's best 6 -- struggled to handle her.
Yeah, my wife and I came to the same assessment. She was dominant on Sky Blue and still really good on the Thorns, but just not at that super elite level (often likely due to coaching deficiencies). I noticed this on her Wiki page: "In the 2017 season, Rodríguez scored the fastest goal in NWSL history, netting 24 seconds from kick-off against Portland Thorns FC." haha
But she was a rock, so her name is apropos. Loved how nice and smiling she was all the time but on the pitch was all business, and pretty rough business at that. Love her.
The day they fixed the draft to get big market teams picks up front by penalizing Orlando for lack of controls before the event and the not including the knockout round in the points assessment. Can’t complain, because we don’t get Coffey in round 2 without that decision