June 3, 2022
At 18, Trinity Rodman made history as the youngest player ever drafted into the NWSL when the Spirit took her second overall in 2021. She’d been a freshman forward at Washington State but left without lacing up when the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the season. That April, Rodman became the youngest American to score (five minutes after subbing on) in her NWSL debut during the 2021 Challenge Cup. By the tournament’s second game, she was starting.
During her rookie season, Rodman started 22 of 25 games. She scored seven goals, including two game winners, and led the league with seven assists. She was one of only 16 with 2,000 minutes played and finished second in the NWSL in shots and shots on goal. After engineering Washington to its first NWSL championship over the Chicago Red Stars — she didn’t score but demolished the post on a long-range effort — her impressive resume earned her the 2021 NWSL Rookie of the Year and U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year laurels. Rodman wasn’t just an award-winning basketball surname anymore.
“She’s an all-out competitor,” Spirit head coach Kris Ward says. “Her ability to withstand pressure and close contact with the opponent and her desire to help her team succeed — she’s a change-the-game player. There hasn’t been anyone like her before.”
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