Forward Trinity Rodman will return to the United States women’s national team for the first time since its Olympic gold medal victory in August.
Rodman is among the 24 players whom USWNT coach Emma Hayes has called in for games against Brazil on April 5 and April 8, U.S. Soccer announced Tuesday.
The matches, which will take place just outside Los Angeles and San Jose, California, respectively, serve as a rematch of last year’s Olympic final, which the Americans won 1-0.
Rodman returned to the field for the Washington Spirit on Saturday in her first competitive match since the NWSL Championship on Nov. 25.
She had played through back pains that ailed her throughout the fall and kept her out of the past four USWNT training camps.
Rodman entered Saturday’s game in the 57th minute of the Spirit’s 2-0 loss to the Kansas City Current.
She appeared to score an equalizer one minute later, but the potential goal was scrapped after video review.
She scored three goals at the Olympics as part of the self-proclaimed “Triple Espresso” forward line alongside Sophia Wilson (formerly Smith) and Mallory Swanson, both of whom have also been away from the USWNT since the Olympics.
Wilson recently announced she is pregnant and is on maternity leave….
