Brian Rodríguez has been a ‘ghost’ in América’s play-offs | OneFootball

Brian Rodríguez arrived at Club América for the 2022 Apertura from LAFC in the United States as one of Uruguay’s young promises.

At just 22 years old, the Uruguayan winger came in with the intention of complementing a very strong squad that was being built, and therefore in his first years he was not a starter, but rather an excellent option off the bench.

But with the departures of Julián Quiñones and ‘Cabecita’ Rodríguez, ‘Rayito’ took on a bigger role, although that was dimmed when Allan Saint-Maximin arrived, once again pushing him back to the bench.

But just for this Clausura 2026, Maximin decided to leave América, and that left the path clear for Brian to finally become an undisputed starter for Las Águilas.

Among the best in the regular season, a ‘ghost’ in the playoffs.

Brian’s time with América can be summed up in two different versions: the regular-season version, spectacular, scoring goals and providing assists, and the playoff version, where he doesn’t show up, whether due to injuries or poor form.

These have been ‘Rayito’s’ playoff campaigns with América:

Apertura 2022 – 2 goals against Puebla in the quarterfinals.Clausura 2023 – Goal against San Luis in the quarterfinals.Apertura 2023 – Injured.Clausura 2024 – On the bench.Apertura 2024 – Only played in the quarterfinals.Clausura 2025 – InjuredApertura 2025 – InjuredClausura 2026 – Injured (so far)

As we can see, in his first two playoff campaigns he stood out in the quarterfinals despite being on the bench, but after that, he was never decisive again.

In the vast majority of playoff campaigns he has been injured, and this one has been no exception. He was unable to play in the first leg of the quarterfinals against Pumas due to injury, and everything indicates that he will also miss the second leg.

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