Coaching Career
While at Forest, Rosario scored 3 goals in 26 games before sustaining the knee injury that eventually forced him to retire from professional football in England. He attempted to resurrect his career in the United States and played for Carolina Dynamo (scoring 4 goals in 29 games) and Charleston Battery (23 games 0 goals) before returning to Carolina Dynamos as player-coach, scoring 3 goals in 21 games. Rosario has remained in the United States to pursue his coaching career, having obtained his A class coaching licence with the US Soccer Federation. He led the South Charlotte Soccer Association Gold '89 team, taking over in 2005 and leading them to a national championship in 2006.
Rosario had many of the physical attributes needed to be a successful striker - he was tall, powerful and well-built - but was never a regular goalscorer wherever he played and is typically not remembered with a great deal of fondness by supporters at the clubs where he played - Coventry City is certainly an exception, in this case while not a prolific scorer the team's ability to score disappeared with Rosario's knock downs. Others argue that his passing and first touch were not unreasonable and may have been better deployed in midfield.
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