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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jeff Kassouf in Auckland

Trinity Rodman: from million-dollar teenager to USA’s World Cup cutting edge

Trinity Rodman: ‘I think I’ve always just been trying to build my game’.
Trinity Rodman: ‘I think I’ve always just been trying to build my game’. Photograph: Brad Smith/USSF/Getty Images

Here’s the thing about Trinity Rodman’s journey to the 2023 World Cup: It wasn’t always part of some long-term plan she laid out when she turned professional two years ago.

“It sounds silly, but it wasn’t even in my mind just because of how young I was and still am,” Rodman told the Guardian in an interview prior to the World Cup. “I think I’ve always just been trying to build my game.”

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