This is partially the U.S. Women's National Team's fault.

She was relied upon heavily to win that gold medal in Paris last year.

These players are playing 90, 120 minutes.

You saw that with Rodman.

You saw that with Mallory Swanson.

You saw that with Sophia Wilson.

None of those players are playing in the NWSL this year.

Hello, everybody, and welcome to this week's edition of The Late Sub.

I am your host, Claire Watkins.

It is Wednesday, April 23rd.

And today we're going to take a little bit of a deeper look and talk about some of the implications of a player who actually has not been on the pitch very much for the end of USL this year.

We're going to talk about Trinity Rodman, who is currently out of market with the Washington spirit, talk about

kind of how we got to that point, what this means for the United States, what it means for the

NWSL, and what Rodman looking to Europe maybe implies about the global ecosystem of women's

soccer. Let's dig in. So this week, we are going to be

diving in a little bit deeper on Trinity Rodman and her absence from the Washington spirit due to

her lingering back injury. This is a very big deal. And it's common for, you know, the sports

calendar keeps moving. Washington had a big

win against Orlando this weekend without Rodman. It's just sort of a piece of news that drops

that morning, that she's out of market. And you move on, right? Because there's another game. There's

another result. You know, the teams keep moving. The player keeps moving and you wait for an update.

But I think it's worthwhile to do a pause here on this

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