came against Crewe in a 3–0 win at Vale Park. During the 2007–08 season, Rodgers was the club's top scorer with twelve goals in 41 games, but famously missed two penalties in Vale's defeat to Southern Football League minnows Chasetown in the Second Round of the FA Cup. Unhappy on the club's bench, in November 2008 there was talk of Rodgers moving to Yeovil Town, yet the move stalled as the two clubs had difficulties reaching a transfer fee. However a loan deal was made which would take Rodgers to Yeovil until the January transfer window, when the club would have the option of purchasing him for £30,000 fee, with a 10% sell-on clause (an offer Yeovil boss Russell Slade described as "the final throw of the dice"). Despite all this, when January came he was released from his contract by mutual consent, having had a disagreement with manager Dean Glover. Glover claimed the decision was motivated by a desire to free up the wage bill. Yeovil Town Rejecting an approach from Northampton Town, Rodgers instead signed with Yeovil Town until the end of the season. He left the club at the end of his contract, having scored three goals in 22 games for the League One club. Notts County After leaving Yeovil, Rodgers had planned to remain in League One, but instead signed for Notts County in July 2009 on a two-year deal. Rodgers made a slow start to the season, making eight appearances without scoring, only to break out of the barren spell with a hat-trick past Lincoln City on 29 September. He played in 42 league matches for Notts County, scoring 13 league goals in helping the club to gain promotion out of League Two. At the end of the season it was reported that Rodgers was set to leave Notts County to join former Magpies' boss Hans Backe at New York Red Bulls, a move his club permitted. However, this move was put in jeopardy after his initial application for a US work permit was turned down. Nevertheless, Backe was confident that Rodgers would join the club in the January 2011 transfer window, and after Rodgers had reached an agreement with Notts County for a mutual termination of his contract at Meadow Lane, the move did go through as predicted. New York Red Bulls After a lengthy process, Rodgers eventually signed with Major League Soccer club