Rodman scores in first NWSL game
Fred Jeter | 4/22/2021, 6 p.m.
It didn’t take teenager Trinity Rodman long to prove she could play with the pros.
Rodman, the daughter of former NBA star Dennis Rodman and who turns 19 on May 20, scored a goal on her very first touch of the ball in a National Women’s Soccer League game April 10 in Cary, N.C.
Entering the season opener as a substitute for the Washington Spirit, Rodman scored in the 60th minute of the game on an assist from Ashley Sanchez.
The Spirit went on to lose the game to the North Carolina Courage, 3-2.
In January, Rodman became the youngest player ever drafted by a NWSL team. She was picked No. 2 overall.
Rodman enrolled as a freshman at Washington State University last fall, but decided to go pro when the college season was postponed until spring because of the pandemic.
The 5-foot-10 Newport Beach, Calif., native played on the U-17 and U-20 United States National teams.
