American soccer star Trinity Rodman has inked an enormous new take care of the NWSL’s Washington Spirit – making her the highest-paid ladies’s footballer on the planet.
Rodman signed a report three-year deal to stay within the Nation’s Capital by 2028 which is able to see her earn a mean of over $1million per yr.
It makes her the most effective paid participant in league historical past and, in keeping with her agent – Mike Senkowski of Higher 90 Sports activities Group – the best paid worldwide.
The 23-year-old Rodman joins fellow USWNT teammate Sophia Wilson within the NWSL’s millionaire membership after Wilson turned the primary participant to make seven-figures when she exercised her participant choice for 2026.
Amid rising curiosity from Europe, signing Rodman was a coup for not solely the league, but in addition Spirit proprietor Michele Kang.
‘I’ve made the DMV my house and the Spirit my household, and I knew this was the place I needed to enter the following chapter of my profession,’ Rodman mentioned in an announcement launched by the crew.
USWNT star Trinity Rodman has agreed to a brand new take care of the Washington Spirit
Rodman’s deal, signed Thursday, makes her the best paid ladies’s footballer on the planet
The 23-year-old had acquired loads of curiosity from golf equipment throughout Europe – particularly England
‘I am pleased with what we have constructed since my rookie season, and I am enthusiastic about the place this membership is headed. We’re chasing championships and elevating the usual, and I can not wait to maintain doing that with my teammates and the most effective followers within the NWSL.’
‘Not solely me personally however all of us on the Spirit are profoundly grateful that she has chosen to stick with us for an additional three years regardless of some very compelling options she had,’ Kang mentioned at an occasion saying he extension on Thursday.
Rodman’s future had been up within the air for months as her contract expired on the flip of the brand new yr.
Whereas Rodman acquired loads of affords from overseas – significantly from England – the NWSL scrambled to determine a manner to make sure its high gamers may keep within the league whereas nonetheless sustaining a wage cap. In 2025, that cap was $3.5million.
After the league initially rejected a contract which might backload a contract for Rodman at an annual worth of $1m, the participant’s union filed a grievance towards the NWSL over what it known as a ‘flagrant violation’ of free company and a number of sections of the collective bargaining settlement.
Securing Rodman to a brand new deal is a reduction for the NWSL, which feared dropping its finest participant
Trinity has typically criticized her father, Dennis Rodman, and has a poor relationship with him
This led to the NWSL’s board of governors adopting a ‘Excessive Impression Participant Rule’ – akin to the ‘Designated Participant’ rule in MLS – which might enable groups to spend as much as $1m over the wage cap on star gamers who meet laid out standards.
This was achieved not solely to make an try to preserve Rodman, however to cease a one-way move of American gamers to European sides. Nonetheless, the rule is being opposed by the NWSLPA – which filed a grievance towards the league on January 14.
In 2025, Chelsea’s ladies’s aspect signed USWNT stars Naomi Girma and Alyssa Thompson. Simply final week, Manchester Metropolis WFC confirmed the switch of Portland Thorns midfielder Sam Coffey.
Rodman has been in DC her entire skilled profession, being picked second general within the 2021 NWSL Draft.
