Skip Roderick
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur D. Roderick | ||
| Place of birth | Springfield, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1973 | Elizabethtown Blue Jays | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974 | Philadelphia Atoms | 5 | (0) |
| 1975 | Pittsburgh Miners | ||
| 1976 | New Jersey Americans | 18 | (1) |
| 1976–1977 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 1977–1978 | New Jersey Americans | 35 | (0) |
| 1978–1980 | Philadelphia Fever (indoor) | 28 | (1) |
| 1979 | New Jersey Americans | 24 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1981 | Philadelphia Fever (interim) | ||
| 1982 | Philadelphia Fever (interim) | ||
| 1983–2023 | Elizabethtown Blue Jays | ||
| 2015–2016 | Ocean City Nor'easters (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Ocean City Nor'easters (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arthur D. "Skip" Roderick is an American retired soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and the American Soccer League. He is the head coach of the NCAA Division III Elizabethtown College men's soccer team.
As a youth, Roderick had played for the Delco youth club. He attended Elizabethtown College, graduating in 1974. In 1974, he played a single season with the Philadelphia Atoms of the North American Soccer League.[1] The Atoms released him during the off-season and although he received an offer from the Portland Timbers, he signed with the Pittsburgh Miners of the American Soccer League instead.[2] In 1976, he moved to the New Jersey Americans for a single season.
Roderick signed for Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland in December 1976 .
He returned to the United States to play the 1977 season with the New Jersey Americans. He played two seasons (1978–1980) with the Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Roderick also played for the Philadelphia Ukrainians and Elizabeth S.C. in the German American Soccer League.