meet coach rodri

Rodrigo “Rodri”, a native from Cali, Colombia, came to the United States in 2000 for a better education and opportunities. While In Colombia, at an early age, fell in love with the beautiful game. Rodrigo started playing at four years of age at ex-professional soccer players academies (i.e Willington Ortiz, Hernan Dario Herrera, Saulo Hernandez, etc) At the age of 10, He joined Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora. When He was 12, he started playing in the youth system for Deportivo Cali, the professional team in Cali. After moving to the United States, he joined the Norwalk High School team. Following graduation, he played two years for SUNY Westchester. He also played for the NY Red Bulls U-20 team, The Westchester Flames (PDL) team, AC Connecticut (PDL) and many other Semi-Pro/Amateur teams he currently plays for. Now he wants to use all his 30 years playing experience to help young boys/girls develop and achieve their dream.

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Rodrigo started his coaching career 12 years ago at youth, travel, premier, high school and academy level. Currently hold ASCENFUTBOL PRO License (equivalent to "USSF "A") and works for Revolution United FC (Fairfield, CT) and Greens Farms Academy (Westport, CT). He has also coached for University of Mount Saint Vincent, NY Red Bulls Academy, JA Elite Academy, DV7 Academy, Team Excel, Ridgefield High School (Ridgefield, CT) as the Boy’s JV Head Coach as well as the Boy’s Varsity Assistant Coach and Norwalk High School (Norwalk, CT) as the Girl's JV Head Coach. With an outstanding background as a player and over 10 years of Coaching experience, he brings both his passion and his expertise to the field, helping you believe & achieve!​

Soccer is his passion and with that comes the enthusiasm and energy that it takes to teach children the basic skills, fundamentals and fun of the sport. He is also fluent in Spanish, so he can adjust his teaching style to fit the children’s needs.

RS Soccer Training, offers 1 on 1 and small group private coaching service providing soccer players of all skill levels the opportunity to increase their abilities, learn new skills and become better players both on and off the field. This is ideal for anyone looking to develop or improve key skills they feel they need to work on.

All private lessons are one hour each and are delivered by our highly experience and qualified coach. Rodrigo works hard to ensure each lesson is fun, high energy and develops each players fundamentals and skills to their maximum potential. Lessons take place at gFA, your local soccer field or on your own home backyard.

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• GK Training
• Dribbling Passing | Receiving
• Turning
• Shooting | Finishing
• Free Kicks | crossing
• Position Specific
• speed, strenght & agility
  

Let’s take you to the next level!

HOSPITATION

& eXPERIENCE