The USWNT Doesn't Have Time For Trinity Rodman to Find Her Form Before the World Cup

The Late Sub with Claire Watkins

Just Women’s Sports

Sports, Soccer

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Presented by Ally Bank, Member FDIC Claire dives into the evolution of Trinity Rodman's game, and the growing pains that come along with it. The million dollar question is will she find her form for the USWNT and Spirit sooner than later? Just Women’s Sports is the leading digital media platform dedicated exclusively to women’s sports. In a world where women’s sports have been historically underfunded and under-promoted, Just Women’s Sports exists to shine a light on all the stories, athletes and moments that define and fuel the space. Through original podcasts, premium video programming, social media, editorial content, a newsletter, and exclusive merchandise and live events, Just Women’s Sports is committed to making it both easy and fun to be a women’s sports fan. Add us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justwomenssports/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/justwsports Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@justwomenssports?

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0:00.0	Fresh off a multi-million dollar contract.
0:03.3	Trinity Rodman is back in 2026.
0:05.8	And she is playing a little differently
0:08.1	than we have seen her play before.
0:10.4	And I want to dig into it.
0:12.7	Welcome back to the late sub.
0:14.2	It is Wednesday, April 22nd.
0:16.0	We are so excited today to announce that this season of the show
0:20.6	is brought to you by our partner
0:22.1	ally bank we're so happy to have ally with us as they continue their dedication to
0:26.9	support women's sports and the NWSL ally bank member FDIC so yes we got a good week of
0:33.7	Robin for the US we've seen a little bit of her tape for Washington. And I think
0:37.7	we're starting to see a player that's evolving. And I want to give it the detailed look that it
0:42.9	deserves because I do think we're holding a couple of questions in our minds of are we seeing
0:47.4	some changes that make sense for a player? What does elongated success look like? And is there
0:52.0	the fear of diminishing returns? there's a lot to dig into
0:54.8	here let's go ahead and jump in so the international april window is over with the u.s grabbing a
1:06.8	two one series win over japan good window for the U.S. as they hurdle towards the World
1:12.6	Cup qualifying in November, which we learned this week, a key game there will be a quarterfinal
1:17.0	against El Salvador, a little bit of news there. But the NWSL is also returning this week with
1:22.6	its longest run of interrupted games of the season so far ahead. It's been a little choppy with, you know,
1:27.9	She Believes right before they get into NWSL. They leave again for this April friendly. They're
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