United States women's national team forward Trinity Rodman exited the field area in a wheelchair during the Washington Spirit's 3-0 loss to the Kansas City Current on Friday, which her agent attributed to an "intense back spasm."
That's what Mike Senkowski told The Washington Post Saturday about Rodman, adding her back remained bothersome the morning after.
Trinity Rodman injury
Ashley Hatch and Trinity Rodman led the Washington Spirit over the visiting Houston Dash 3-0 on Sunday.
The Spirit (14-4-2, 44 points) had no problems defeating Houston (3-12-5, 14 points) even without leading goal scorer Ouleymata Sarr. Instead, Hatch scored twice and Rodman had a goal and an assist to extend Washington's league unbeaten streak to five matches.
Trinity Rodman goal vs Houston Dash
Trinity Rodman is not slowing down and continues to be in hot-form in 2024.
U.S. women’s national team forward, Trinity Rodman, scored a fantastic solo goal to ignite the Washington Spirit’s comeback win against Portland Thorns on Saturday.
Watch: Trinity Rodman celebrates goal with Magic Johnson
The 22-year-old received the ball at the edge of the box, faked a shot, took on two defenders and hit a perfect low-driven shot to put the score level.
An honor at a Washington Nationals game proved costly for standout Washington Spirit midfielder Croix Bethune.
The U.S. national team player was placed on the season-ending injury list on Wednesday after sustaining a torn meniscus away from training last week, the team announced.
Spirit coach Jonatan Giraldez filled in the rest of the story: Bethune was injured while throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a Nationals game.
Croix Bethune first pitch injury
The Washington Spirit will host English soccer powers Arsenal and Chelsea F.C. for a pair of international friendlies in August.
The club announced the inaugural Washington Spirit International Friendlies on Monday.
Washington Spirit friendlies announced
Arsenal and Chelsea are set to compete in the Washington Spirit International Friendlies at Audi Field this August!
Arsenal makes their USA debut facing Washington Spirit on August 18th and Chelsea on August 25th.
Trinity Rodman is on pace to become one of the next American stars at the international stage and an unbelievable stat for the USWNT in 2023 explains why.
The 21-year old is here to stay.
When it comes to rookies in the National Women's Soccer League, most of the discussion has centered around No. 1 overall pick Alyssa Thompson. The headlines write themselves when you're talking about an 18-year-old who's already scored some spectacular goals for Angel City and is challenging for the USWNT World Cup squad.
But what about No. 2 overall pick Michelle Cooper, the forward who won the 2022 Hermann Trophy as the nation's best college player with 19 goals and 11 assists in 22 games during her sophomore season at Duke?
Trinity Rodman recorded one goal and one assist to spark the Washington Spirit to a convincing 3-1 victory over the visiting San Diego Wave on Saturday afternoon.
Ashley Sanchez and Paige Metayer also scored goals for the Spirit (3-0-3, 12 points), who notched all their tallies in the second half.
Alex Morgan scored a late goal for San Diego (3-3-0, 9 points), which lost its second straight match.
Opening weekend of the NWSL season continued Sunday with the Washington Spirit welcoming OL Reign to Audi Field, where Trinity Rodman brought the crowd to its feet with some sublime quality on the ball and a solo game-winner in the second half.
We had a scoreless opening 45 in the nation's capital, but Rodman established herself as the standout player with a couple brilliant moments.
One run from deep inside her own half was finished with a backheel pass and half-chance for Ashley Hatch.
High school sophomore Chloe Ricketts became the youngest player in the National Women’s Soccer League history on Thursday when she signed with the Washington Spirit. Ricketts signed a three-year contract with an option to extend for a fourth year in 2026.
The record for youngest NWSL player was previously held by Olivia Moultrie who signed with the Portland Thorns when she was 15 years and 286 days old. At the time of Ricketts’ signing, she was 15 years and 283 days old.