CONCACAF.com has a profile of Aslinn Rodas, a US native and former Cleveland St. player, who is now at Xelaju MC in Guatemala. http://www.concacaf.com/article/u-s-born-rodas-impresses-in-guatemala After receiving a Guatemalan passport, Rodas made his debut at Petapa on January 31, following up that outing with ones against Halcones FC and Antigua GFC. Those matches convinced Guatemala head coach Ivan Sopegno to extend Rodas an invitation to the national team’s first gathering of the year in preparation for upcoming friendlies against Canada (March 26) and El Salvador (March 29). "I did not think it (the national team call-up) would come so fast," said Rodas. "I'm happy to be called up to the national team for the first time." USSDA profile: http://ussda.demosphere.com/teams/17276140/17297505-17276234/12341922.html Cleveland St. bio: http://www.csuvikings.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/rodas_aslinn00.html
Looks like he signed a multi-year deal with Xelaju last month and has his eyes on representing that country as well: Aslinn Rodas podría convertirse en el primer futbolista nacido en Estados Unidos y de padres guatemaltecos, en jugar con la Selección Mayor de Fútbol de Guatemala.Aunque apenas cumplió su primer entrenamiento con la azul y blanco, sus posibilidades están intactas. http://www.soy502.com/articulo/aslinn-rodas-seria-primer-estadounidense-jugar-sele-mayor He's a '92 who played in college. MLS scouts seemed to like a lot of his game: http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/aslinn-rodas http://www.csuvikings.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/rodas_aslinn00.html It's a small world, since it looks like that video was posted by a former YA who coached him in college. I'll let you do the digging if you like.
@bungadiri -- Could we combine these two threads? http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/aslinn-rodas-in-guatemala.2017652/
Made his NT debut for Guatemala against Canada: Alineación de Guatemala: J Paredes; Lalín, E Vásquez, D López; M Hernández, Aparicio, Márquez, A Rodas, Ávila, Contreras y A Padilla.— GuateFutbol (@guatefut) March 27, 2015
Played the last 5 minutes against the US in Nashville: GUA: 12-Paulo Motta (capt.), 2-Ruben Morales, 4-Wilson Lalin, 13-Carlos Castrillo (19-Carlos Figueroa, 74), 15-Deniss Lopez; 6-Carlos Mejia (18-Aslinn Rodas, 84), 14-Kendel Herrarte (10-Jose Contreras, 46), 17-Brandon De Leon (8-Jonathan Marquez, 69), 23-Jorge Aparicio, 7-Jairo Arreola (16-Marco Pappa, 46), 22-Minor Lopez (20-Carlos Ruiz, 46) Subs Not Used: 1-Victor Ayala, 21-Ricardo Jerez; 3-Jose Pinto, 11-Gerardo Arias Head coach: Ivan Franco Sopegno While this was a Gold Cup prep match, Rodas isn't on the Gold Cup roster for Guatemala.
Not his son... Born July 10, 1992 in San Rafael, California...son of Juan Rodas and Dalila De Leon...has two younger brothers, Dilwyn and Evan. Jorge is the younger brother of Julio Rodas and both were on the Guatemala NT. You'd think that would get mentioned if Aslinn's uncles were on the NT.
According to Transfermarkt, he joined Comunicaciones in Guatemala in January 2017. https://www.transfermarkt.com/aslinn-rodas/profil/spieler/358570
Rejoined Xelaju last year. Started last night in a Capital Cup final against DC United: ⚽️ HOY JUGAMOS ASI⚽️ DC United 🇺🇲 🆚️ Xelajú MC 📅 Hoy ⏱ 17:30 horas (19:30 horario local)🏟 Audi Field🏆 #CapitalCup 💙❤🐑🙏🏼🏟🥁🎺#XelajúMC pic.twitter.com/pHOFNxjBVw— Club Xelaju MC (@Xelaju_Oficial) June 7, 2022
He's coming back to the US with his club playing a couple of friendlies here: 🇺🇲 DELEGACIÓN QUE VIAJA A ESTADOS UNIDOS Plantel Superchivo que sostendrá dos partidos de preparación. ⚽️ Xelajú MC 🆚️ Guastatoya 📆 8/7/22🕗 20 horas🏟 Silverbacks Y el domingo nos presentamos en San Francisco, California. #PretemporadaXMC 💙❤🐏⚽️✈ pic.twitter.com/B9zEioKMhN— Club Xelaju MC (@Xelaju_Oficial) July 7, 2022
Scored the game winner in a friendly in San Francisco: 🇺🇲 TRIUNFO SUPERCHIVO Aslinn Rodas marca el tanto del triunfo en San Francisco, California. ⚽️ Xelajú MC 1-0 Guastatoya 🏟 Kezar Stadium #PretemporadaXMC 💙❤🐏⚽️✈ pic.twitter.com/QGK7FztPkQ— Club Xelaju MC (@Xelaju_Oficial) July 10, 2022
Starts: ⚽️ HOY ALINEAMOS ASÍ. pic.twitter.com/xvMIZLQNjz— Club Xelaju MC (@Xelaju_Oficial) August 14, 2022 Interesting that he has a teammate named "Oliver Alexander Rodas" who doesn't appear to be closely related and who isn't the American Rodas. There's also a Marco Rodas in the squad, so it appears to be a common name in Guatemala.
Starts: ☑️ #Los11DeXelajúMC 🆚 Santa Lucía 👇 ¡Vamos, #XelajúMC! 💙❤⚽️👍🏼🐏🌙 pic.twitter.com/vXNwf7AjTt— Club Xelaju MC (@Xelaju_Oficial) September 1, 2022