Bishops’ Rodriguez Called Up to Dominican Republic U-23 Team

Ohio Wesleyan University senior Franklin Rodriguez (Santiago, Dominican Republic/Berkshire (Mass.)) has been called up to the Dominican Republic’s national U-23 team for a friendly against Colombia on Friday at Romelio Sanchez Stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia. This will be Rodriguez’s first game with the Dominican Republic’s U-23 team. A nation’s U-23 team is typically the one that represents it in the Olympic Games. “I have worked very hard for this moment,” Rodriguez said. “The head coach knows me well, I have played for him at the club level for many years and he believes in me. I feel extremely grateful and…