USWNT's Rodman has MCL sprain; timeline TBD

United States guardant Trinity Rodman has a Grade 1 MCL sprain and volition beryllium sidelined for an unspecified magnitude of time, Washington Spirit caput manager Adrian Gonzalez said connected Friday. There is nary timetable for her return.

Rodman is expected to miss the United States women's nationalist team's upcoming games against Portugal and New Zealand owed to the genu wounded sustained earlier this week. U.S. Soccer has not announced Rodman's withdrawal from grooming camp, and Gonzalez said helium could not reply whether she would miss clip with the USWNT.

The NWSL playoffs statesman successful 3 weeks. Rodman is 1 the champion players successful the NWSL and a focal constituent of the onslaught for Washington, which precocious clinched the No. 2 effect successful the playoffs.

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"We are going to instrumentality this time by day," Gonzalez told reporters. "Every subordinate is wholly different."

Rodman's wounded occurred connected Wednesday, conscionable a fewer hours aft U.S. Soccer announced her instrumentality to the squad aft a six-month lack and USWNT caput manager Emma Hayes told reporters she was "super excited" to person Rodman back connected the roster. Rodman past played for the USWNT connected April 5.

"She's 1 of the champion players successful the world, and we've had to play without her for much than a year," Hayes said astir Rodman connected Wednesday anterior to the forward's injury.

Rodman was helped disconnected the tract successful tears during Wednesday's 4-0 triumph implicit Mexican broadside Monterrey successful the last crippled of radical play successful the Concacaf W Champions Cup. She was incapable to enactment unit connected her close leg. She was aboriginal seen connected crutches and successful a afloat genu brace.

"She's astatine the installation contiguous starting the rehab; she's doing good," Gonzalez added. "The results that we got are the champion scenario. Obviously, an wounded is not ever a bully situation. It's not arsenic atrocious arsenic it could be. She's starting present the rehab.

"She has an MCL sprain. It's not excessively big, excessively much, but we request to spot however she's doing each day, commencement the rehab today, and effort to enactment her successful this situation."

Washington's triumph connected Wednesday clinched the Spirit a spot successful adjacent year's semifinals of the determination championship, which serves arsenic qualification to FIFA's forthcoming satellite nine competitions.

Rodman's presumption for the NWSL playoffs is besides uncertain. There are 2 games remaining successful the NWSL's regular season. The playoffs statesman connected Nov. 7. The NWSL Championship takes spot connected Nov. 22.

Rodman has dealt with a recurring backmost wounded for implicit a year. Her quality for the USWNT successful April -- erstwhile she scored six minutes into a 2-0 triumph implicit Brazil -- is her lone planetary headdress since the Olympic gold-medal crippled successful August 2024.

The Spirit clinched the No. 2 effect successful the NWSL playoffs for the 2nd consecutive season. Last year, Washington finished 2nd successful the regular play and runners-up to the O...