Trinity Rodman Is The World’s Highest-Paid Women’s Soccer Player After Signing Record Contract That League Initially Rejected

Trinity Rodman signed a record deal with the Washington Spirit on Thursday after weeks of uncertainty concerning her future within the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). The deal features a three-year contract price over $2 million yearly, in line with ESPN. The deal had beforehand been rejected by the league.

Trinity Rodman turns into the highest-paid participant in NWSL historical past

Trinity Rodman signed a three-year contract with the Washington Spirit and can stay with the membership by way of 2028. The deal is price over $2 million yearly, together with bonuses. In an interview with ESPN, her agent Mike Senkowski stated Rodman is the highest-paid feminine participant on the planet. She beforehand made historical past because the highest-paid participant in league historical past.

“It feels wonderful, I’m very comfortable, I’m very blessed,” Rodman stated after signing the contract. “I feel it’s a monumental and game-changing second proper now. I can’t even describe in phrases what it seems like. Obviously, everybody’s going to have their totally different ideas and opinions about it, however I’ve by no means actually cared. So, that doesn’t change something for me.”

“I’ve at all times had a imaginative and prescient of sort of an thought of what I need my legacy to be and proceed to be,” she added. “For me, we’re doing that, with assist clearly, and I’m so grateful for that. But yeah, I feel that is simply opening up alternatives for American ladies with goals, and I’m one and was one in all them, and so I’m very grateful about that.”

Trinity Rodman’s report deal was reached after it had initially been rejected by the NWSL

In November 2025, the Washington Spirit and Rodman reached a deal to increase her time enjoying for the membership past Dec. 31, after which she grew to become a free agent. The NWSL rejected the tried provide, which was a four-year contract price over $1 million per 12 months.

The league’s commissioner, Jessica Berman, stated the deal was rejected as a result of it violated the spirit of the principles. The NWSL additionally stated that the provide didn’t match the 2025 wage cap set at $3.5 million per group. As a free agent, Rodman reportedly acquired provides from worldwide golf equipment.

“Not solely me personally however all of us on the Spirit are profoundly grateful that she has chosen to stick with us for one more three years regardless of some very compelling options she had,” Kang stated on Thursday, per ESPN.

The league’s participant affiliation filed a grievance in opposition to the NWSL on Rodman’s behalf. It known as the rejection of the deal a “flagrant violation” of her free company and a violation of at the least 5 sections of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, ESPN reported.

The league has since allowed groups to spend as much as $1 million over the wage cap on gamers who meet sure standards.

“Trinity is an inspiration to younger ladies throughout America. She is a participant they’ll relate to, and people younger followers matter greater than something to her,” Senkowski stated in a press release. “The determination to proceed to play right here represents a really clear imaginative and prescient for the way forward for girls’s soccer. She set a brand new normal for the game and can finally drive the continued development and success of the league and its gamers. I’m so happy with her.”