Ali Rogers

Alissa Rogers (born May 25, 1994) is an American soccer coach and former player. Rogers played college soccer for the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles before spending a short professional stint with Polish club KKPK Medyk Konin. She has previously served as the head coach of USL Super League club Fort Lauderdale United FC, as well as an associate head coach for the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles and the Dartmouth Big Green.

Early life Rogers grew up in Naples, Florida, as the only girl out of four children born to Ed and Marianne Rogers. She attended Gulf Coast High School, where she recorded over 80 career goals and just shy of 50 career assists. She was her team's assist leader in all four years and top goalscorer in three. She returned to the field in 2013 and managed to tally 17 appearances despite still dealing with injury problems. In her third year at FGCU, Rogers started all 21 games and contributed to an Atlantic Sun Conference title after recording an assist in the Eagles' semifinal win over Northern Kentucky. She went on to help her team win the ASUN championship twice more over the next two years.

As a fifth-year player in a team composed largely of freshman, Rogers adopted a more senior role in 2016. departed from the program eighth in program history in goals scored. She spent half of a season with the club before transitioning to coaching later in 2018. As of 2022, she is one of only seven FGCU players to have played soccer professionally.

Coaching career

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Rogers returned to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles soccer team in 2018 as Director of Operations. In June 2019, she was promoted to the role of assistant coach. Rogers continued to collect responsibilities over the coming years, adding the role of recruiting coordinator in 2021. That season, she helped coach FGCU's conference to 7 shutouts and the fewest number of goals allowed in the conference. In her five years as a coach for the Eagles, Rogers helped the team win two ASUN regular season championships and one tournament title.

Dartmouth Big Green On March 3, 2023, the Dartmouth Big Green announced that they had hired Rogers as associate head coach for the upcoming season. Rogers also served as Dartmouth's recruiting coordinator, as she had done previously at FGCU. She helped Fort Lauderdale United finish reach the USL Super League final in its first season, where the team was ultimately defeated by Tampa Bay Sun FC.

To begin the 2025–26 season, Rogers filled the role of acting head coach. On September 16, 2025, she was officially named as the club's head coach, replacing Tyrone Mears, who became Fort Lauderdale United's president of soccer. Rogers became the first female coach in club history. After piloting Fort Lauderdale to an unbeaten first five games, Rogers received joint recognition with Mears as the September 2025 USL Super League Coaches of the Month. From there, she led Fort Lauderdale through a seven-game winless streak that included five defeats. On February 10, 2026, Fort Lauderdale United announced that they had parted ways with Rogers.

Coaching statistics +Coaching record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecord Fort Lauderdale United FCSeptember 16, 2025February 10, 2026