Washington Spirit’s Trinity Rodman reflects on her first NWSL regular season

Kelley Piper / Black and Red United Ifeoma Onumonu. That’s it, that’s the entire list of players who matched Washington Spirit attacker Trinity Rodman’s direct goal contributions (goals + assists) in this NWSL season. Onumonu, finished the season with eight goals and four assists in a season that has garnered MVP discussion. Rodman, meanwhile, scored six, assisted six and just might win Rookie of the Year by unanimous vote.

Just after the final whistle of Sunday’s win over the Dash in which Rodman scored the match-winning goal, the young phenom spoke with media postgame and reflected on her mindset coming into the season.

“Honestly before I started, I didn’t know what to expect,” said Rodman.…