Lane Alumni

April 12, 2007

Edwin Rodriguez decides to play soccer at Dominican University

All-Public League first teamer Edwin Rodriguez decided to continue his soccer career beyond high school by signing with Dominican University. Dominican University is a small private college located in River Forest, IL ten miles west of downtown Chicago.

"I choose Dominican because the coach there said I'd be able to start right away." said Edwin Rodriguez. At the same time, Dominican can serve as a valuable stepping stone to the next level. After playing for a couple years Rodriguez can choose to transfer to a bigger program while he develops his skills at Dominican.

The path that Edwin is doing is proven formula that has worked for many players. For example, former Lane Tech soccer star Emir Hadziahmetovic (class of 2004) started out playing for Oakton Community College, performed well at Oakton, and is now playing for Division I school the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Good luck to Edwin Rodriguez!!!

Profile on Edwin Rodriguez:

Edwin Rodriguez(sr.): All-Public League First Team (Chicago Sun-Times); Edwin is an amazing goal scorer who scored 19 goals this season for Lane Tech. Edwin helped lead Lane Tech to first ever Supersectional berth for a Public League (outside of basketball) team in 2005. He was also named All-state in 2006. He also kicks field goals and extra points for Lane's football team.

Edwin Rodriguez helped lead Lane Tech to the city championship  and to the state supersectionals in 2005. The supersectional appearance was the first time a Lane Tech team in any sport has gone that far in state since the elimination of the Public League automatic berth 5 years ago. www.LaneTechFan.com photo