U.S. women’s national team star Trinity Rodman provided another highlight on Sunday. He scored an impressive goal and followed it up with an equally entertaining celebration in the Washington Spirit’s win over the Houston Dash.
Shortly after halftime, Rodman received the ball on the left flank from her Spirit teammate Casey Krueger. From there, the 22-year-old showed off some of her skills. She first spun around a Dash player before running to the center, where she battled the Dash’s Elin Rubensson, who tried to knock her off the ball. With a body on her, Rodman still managed to turn towards the goal and shoot from outside the penalty area, sending the ball into the top right corner and giving the Spirit a 3-0 lead.
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As if the goal wasn’t memorable enough, Rodman followed up the incredible goal with a remarkable celebration, dropping to the ground as she pretended to sleep peacefully as her teammates stroked her to aid her false sleep.
Rodman is in the middle of a strong season for club and country. She now has eight goals and six assists in NWSL matches this season, including a goal and an assist on Ashley Hatch’s 26th-minute goal on Sunday. She has played a crucial role for the Spirit, who have already booked a place in the play-offs after missing the postseason last year and sit in second place after Sunday’s win, four points behind the still undefeated Orlando Pride with six games left in the regular season. .
The forward also played a key role as the USWNT won their first Olympic gold medal since 2012, scoring three goals en route to her first championship with the national team.
Rodman has effortlessly combined both skill and flair with her on-court reputation, and Sunday’s slumber party wasn’t even her first entertaining moment of the month in NWSL play. She scored another excellent goal in the Spirit’s victory over the Portland Thorns a week earlier, following that charge by running up to Earvin “Magic” Johnson and performing a slam dunk for him before high-fiving the NBA legend, which became a minority. investor in the club just days earlier.