Roderick Scott (born 27 December 1965) is a Canadian former soccer player and coach.

Club career

University of Akron

Scott attended the

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on a soccer scholarship after a recruiter spotted him playing for the Canadian U-19 national team. He played on the Zips soccer team from 1985 to 1988. In 1986 Akron lost in Duke University in the NCAA championship. His senior season, he was a third team

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n. He graduated in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in business and organizational communications. He was inducted into the Akron Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

Professional

In 1989, the Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Indoor Soccer League selected Scott in the first round (sixth overall) of the 1989 MISL Draft. The Sidekicks competed in MISL until 1992. That year, Scott was a first team All Star. In 1993, Scott and his teammates moved to the

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. In 1994, he moved to the expansion Las Vegas Dustdevils. He suffered a career ending knee injury that season even as the Dustdevils won the CISL championship. He also played with the

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in the CSL.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a March 1993 friendly match against the

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and went on to earn a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. He was included in Canada's

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the second edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 1991: eight teams were broken up in ...

squad, and his final international was an 8–0 demolition by

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at that tournament.

Coaching career

In 1996, he served as an assistant coach with the Sidekicks. In 2001, he became a staff coach with the Dallas Texans Soccer Club. He has also coached Soccer Studio, a team in the

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References

External links

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Dallas Sidekicks profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Roderick 1965 births Living people Footballers from Greater London English emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Black Canadian men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Canadian men's soccer players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's international soccer players 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Akron Zips men's soccer players Dallas Sidekicks (original MISL) players Las Vegas Dustdevils players Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Kitchener Spirit players