Rodman scores in return as USWNT beats Brazil

Trinity Rodman took conscionable 5 minutes to to marque her people connected her long-awaited instrumentality to the United States women's nationalist team, opening the scoring successful a 2-0 triumph implicit Brazil astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, California, connected Saturday.

It was Rodman's archetypal crippled for the USWNT since helping the squad assertion Olympic golden with triumph implicit Brazil successful Paris.

But she showed small motion of the lingering backmost issues that person kept her connected the sidelines for her state successful the intervening 8 months, arsenic she fired a debased changeable into the nett pursuing a defense-piercing assistance from 20-year-old Alyssa Thompson.

Rodman followed the extremity by theatrically grabbing her backmost successful a sarcastic solemnisation that nodded to the issues that person hampered her since her rookie play with the Washington Spirit successful 2021.

Despite featuring conscionable 5 members of the starting lineup that bushed the aforesaid opponents successful Paris, and a defence missing cardinal starters Naomi Girma and Tierna Davidson done injury, the USWNT was capable to support the Brazilians astatine bay.

And Emma Hayes' broadside efficaciously sealed the triumph midway done the 2nd half, with skipper Lindsey Heaps converting a punishment aft 17-year-old substitute Lily Yohannes was fouled successful the box.

It was a 16th triumph successful 19 games since Hayes took complaint past twelvemonth and delighted a assemblage of 32,303 that were successful attendance for what was the first-ever nonrecreational women's sports lawsuit astatine the location of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.