The focus is on women’s football. The biggest clubs in the world have realized that the brand not only has room for a women’s team, but that it strengthens the entire club. This also means that the salary level for the players is gradually rising. This weekend, an American 23-year-old signed the best salary contract ever with a football club, the salary is collected in the United States.
American star Trinity Rodman has signed a new contract with the Washington Spirit, a historically lucrative in women’s football. According toESPN and The Athletic , that makes her the highest-paid female soccer player of all time. She will bring in two million dollars a year including bonuses. Rodman’s agent has confirmed that the new contract is historic in women’s football.
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Does the Rodman last name sound familiar? Yep, this is the daughter of NBA legend and rebel Dennis Rodman, who has chosen a sport where you should not use your hands on the ball.
The 23-year-old Rodman has already made a name for himself in American football as a star in the NWSL and on the U.S. national team. Here she helped win the Olympics in 2024 with the USA.
For a long time, there were doubts about whether Rodman wanted to stay in the American League. The NWSL has a salary cap that put an end to Rodman’s historic contract. Therefore, a move to European football has been discussed, but in December the NWSL introduced the “High-impact player”, which in many ways resembles Major League Soccer’s “Designated Player”. It is a term for a player who is exempt from the salary cap.
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Thus, both the NWSL and the Washington Spirit were able to get Trinity Rodman to stay in the American League.
“Trinity is a generational player, but more importantly, she represents the future of this club and the future of women’s football,” said Michele Kang, owner of the Washington Spirit.
