Club América Femenil's Karina Rodriguez on Playing for Mexico and the Rise of Liga MX Femenil

About this episode

Karina Rodriguez discusses her journey with Club América Femenil and the Mexican national team.

In today's episode, LDG is honored to be joined by Mexican WNT and Club América Femenil defender, Karina Rodriguez! Karina discusses her first senior national team call-up, the emotions involved, and what stood out to her as she transitioned into the senior national team. She also shares her experience of playing alongside her sister, Anika Rodriguez, in college and with the Mexican national team, but now playing against her at the club level, as Anika plays for one of Club América's rival clubs, Tigres. Then, we chat about Karina's transfer to Club América in 2023. Karina reveals why Club América's project caught her attention, how she adapted to playing in a new league, and what it meant for her to be a key player in winning the Clausura 2023 Championship. She also shares how the preseason went ahead of this season's Clausura team campaign, and how the team continues to build cohesion, with new star signings like Geyse and Isa Haas adding even more talent to the star-studded Club América side. LDG ends the conversation by looking ahead, as Karina's Club América side is striving to lift silverware in the Clausura campaign, and at the national team level, Karina looks ahead to…

People in this episode

Host: Liam Greco

Guest: Karina Rodriguez

Topics covered

• women's soccer
• Liga MX Femenil
• national team
• player experience
• championship
• family in sports

Keywords

• Karina Rodriguez
• Club América
• Liga MX Femenil
• women's soccer
• national team
• Clausura Championship
• World Cup Qualifying
• Anika Rodriguez
• soccer transfer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Club América Femenil, Tigres, El Tri Femenil

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