There are few things Trinity Rodman finds more exhilarating on the soccer field than when an opponent faces her up, backtracks a couple of paces and invites a one-on-one battle.
“Any time a defender doesn’t want to step out,” the Washington Spirit forward said, “I think it’s a field day for me.”
So when the Spirit navigated the opening stages of its 2-1 win over the Utah Royals on Sunday afternoon at Audi Field and found the visitors deploying a high press, leaving space in the midfield for Rodman to expose on the dribble, it didn’t take long for Washington (2-1-0) to feed her the ball — and go back to the well time and time again.