{"id":428743,"date":"2026-10-15T18:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/428743\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T18:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:16:43","slug":"lauren-rodriguez-25bc-signs-with-fort-lauderdale-united-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/428743\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Rodriguez &#8217;25BC Signs with Fort Lauderdale United FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2013 Former Columbia women&#8217;s soccer goalkeeper Lauren Rodriguez &#8217;25BC has signed with Fort Lauderdale United FC of the Gainbridge Super League, the club announced Wednesday. The signing is pending league and federation approval.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lauren is a talented goalkeeper with sharp reflexes and the ability to make important saves,&#8221; said Aly Hassan, general manager of Fort Lauderdale United FC. &#8220;She adds quality and depth to our goalkeeping group, and we&#8217;re pleased to bring her into the squad for this important stretch of the season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A native of Hamilton, New York, Rodriguez spent four years at Columbia before transferring to the University of Miami for her final season of collegiate eligibility. As a senior in 2024, she started 16 matches, totaling 35 saves and four shutouts while helping lead the Lions to the Ivy League Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez also spent time with Fort Lauderdale United FC&#8217;s USL W League team during the 2026 season before signing with the club&#8217;s professional squad. She joins a goalkeeping group that includes Haley Craig and Heather Hinz as Fort Lauderdale enters its final six matches of the campaign and looks to secure a spot in the Gainbridge Super League Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The Gainbridge Super League is a Division One professional women&#8217;s soccer league operated by the United Soccer League (USL). The league follows a fall-to-summer calendar and sits atop the USL&#8217;s women&#8217;s soccer development pathway, which also includes the pre-professional USL W League, USL Academy and USL Youth.<\/p>\n<p>\nFor the latest on the Columbia women&#8217;s soccer program, follow @CULionsWSOC on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/culionswsoc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/culionswsoc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, Facebook at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/ColumbiaWSoccer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook.com\/ColumbiaWSoccer<\/a>\u00a0and on the web at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/index.aspx?path=wsoc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoColumbiaLions.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2013 Former Columbia women&#8217;s soccer goalkeeper Lauren Rodriguez &#8217;25BC has signed with Fort Lauderdale United&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-428743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}