WINDSOR, Colo. – On National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Future Legends has announced that Rosalind “Rosie” Aguilera has been named the president of professional sports at the Future Legends Complex, overseeing operations for USL League One soccer club Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC and Pioneer League baseball team Northern Colorado Owlz.

“This is a thrilling opportunity for me to take everything I’ve learned and apply it as an executive at a professional level,” said Aguilera. “It’s exciting to be part of new franchises and build championship-contending teams made up of players who are good humans on and off the pitch.

“I’m excited to be able to make an impact, and to blaze a trail for other women who may want to become executives at professional franchises.”

“Rosie is unique in that she has experience in soccer as a player and an administrator, and in a professional baseball front office,” said Jeff Katofsky, member of Future Legends. “We are so lucky to have someone like Rosie, whose experience, and, as important, heart, will take the Owlz and Hailstorm to high levels of performance and fan experiences.”

In 2017, Aguilera, a native of Piedmont, Calif., founded RV United in Cape Town, South Africa. RV United uses soccer to build self-esteem, encourage physical health, and promote academic development among young women in South Africa. As the managing director of RV United, Aguilera fundraised, created and managed the organization’s budgets and served as the liaison with donors.

Working in some of the most impoverished areas of South Africa, making every dollar stretch as far as you could was key, Aguilera said. “There were days when you’d have to decide between feeding the girls and making sure they got home safely. That’s pressure.”

Aguilera received an internship from Grassroot Soccer in 2015 and moved from California to South Africa to work with the organization. Much like RV United, Grassroot Soccer provides life skills and mentors to young people through soccer.

She has also worked in minor league baseball, acting as the community affairs manager and director of business and community affairs for the San Rafael Pacifics during the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Aguilera was the goalkeeper for the University of California at Berkeley women’s soccer team from 2007–09 after transferring from UC Irvine. She earned a bachelor’s degree in conservation and resource studies from Cal in 2010, and her master’s degree in sport management from the University of San Francisco in 2013.

Aguilera joins FC Tucson's Amanda Powers, USL to Spokane's Cindy Chipman and North Carolina FC's Francie Gottsegen as female presidents in USL League One.