Trinity Rodman: a famous name, and emerging star of US women's football | Sport | The Sunday Times

Nothing about Trinity Rodman’s rise to the top of women’s football in the USA has been normal. Last year the 19-year-old became the youngest player in history to be drafted into the American league, the NWSL, and last month she became the richest, signing a contract with Washington Spirit worth a reported $1.1 million (about £800,000).

On Friday, she completed a hat-trick of landmark moments, making her debut for the US women’s national team in their She Believes Cup match against the Czech Republic. She is only the fourth teenager to earn a cap in more than a decade.

If these achievements have brought her to national attention, her famous surname has intensified it. Trinity is the daughter of basketball legend Dennis Rodman, known as