Trinity Rodman, the daughter of NBA legend Dennis Rodman, is making a name for herself as a star athlete. The 18-year-old soccer star who was drafted by the Washington Spirit with the second pick of the 2021 NWSL draft, made her debut on Saturday and became the youngest American goal scorer in the league history. 

Trinity subbed into the game in the 60th minute and scored the historic goal against the North Carolina Courage, the Associated Press reported. 

Spirit Coach Richie Burke praised the rookie after the game.

“The kid is just brilliant. She’s a machine as an athlete, just unbelievable,” Burke said. “When you play against her, you train with her, you see how quickly she closes you down. She’s deceptively quick to close you down. But now she’s getting tactically better, too.”

The daughter of the basketball Hall of Famer is determined to forge her own path.

“He was an amazing athlete, and I got those genes from him, but I’m excited to be known as Trinity Rodman and not just as Rodman’s daughter,” she said, according to Yahoo. “I’m excited to pave my own path and get better throughout this journey.”

Trinity is also the youngest person to be drafted into the NWSL, according to Face2FaceAfrica. She emerged as a standout athlete on the U.S. youth national teams and decided to go pro before her freshman season at Washington State.

“My team has helped me a lot, obviously, being a really young player and very new, it’s definitely a lot faster, girls are a lot stronger, a lot more intelligent, at this level,” she said about her transition to the pros. “I think just getting advice from my teammates in scrimmages and practices, I’ve been able to kind of think ahead. And I think that’s a huge part of what’s helped me in the game.”

The Spirit have described the rookie as the "GOAT in the making."

The young star was embraced by her teammates after scoring her goal.

The team lost the Challenge Cup match 3-2, but her future remains bright.  

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