U.S. women’s national team star Trinity Rodman said she is interested in leaving the NWSL to play for a team in Europe sometime in the future, which would make her the latest in a long list of international teammates who have made the move across the Atlantic Ocean.
Rodman has spent the entirety of her professional career with the Washington Spirit, who drafted her in 2021 after she chose to skip college. She quickly became the team’s marquee player, winning Rookie of the Year honors and the NWSL Championship in 2021 and then earning a nomination for MVP in 2024 as the Spirit made a run to the Championship.
“I’ve always thought about playing overseas at some point in my career,” she said, per ESPN. “I think I would kick myself if I retired and hadn’t done that. So it’s just a matter of when I think. But yeah, just focused on this year and we’ll see what happens when the time is right.”
The Olympic gold medalist will compete for the Spirit this season, though she missed Friday’s NWSL Challenge Cup triumph over the Orlando Pride as she continues to deal with a lingering back injury.
Rodman is in the final year of her $1.1 million contract with the Spirit, though the deal includes an option year for…
