Updated Sept. 13, 2026, 5:31 p.m. ET
With her boyfriend Ben Shelton set to play the US Open final later in the afternoon, Trinity Rodman was named in the starting lineup for the Washington Spirit on Sunday, Sept. 13.
Rodman has managed to attend several of Shelton’s matches during the US Open in Queens, New York, including a quarterfinal win over Carlos Alcaraz and a semifinal win over Frances Tiafoe on Friday, Sept. 11.
But the scheduling gods presented a major conflict on Sunday.
The Spirit played the Boston Legacy at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. The game at Audi Field in Washington D.C. began just an hour before the men’s US Open final, where Shelton faces top seed Alexander Zverev in a match scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.
Rodman, who leads the Spirit in goals with 10 this season, was never going to miss her team’s match against the Legacy.
But the afternoon didn’t go as planned for the Spirit, who fell 3-0 to Boston as Rodman played the full match. The defeat saw Washington remain five points behind first-place Gotham FC.
Could Trinity Rodman attend US Open final?
It seems unlikely but it could theoretically be possible for Rodman to see at least some of the final.
Shelton’s quarterfinal with Alcaraz lasted 4 hours and 28 minutes. If the final goes that long, it would end around 6:30 p.m. ET – or three and a half hours after the Spirit and Legacy match ends.
A flight from D.C. to New York only takes around an hour, so an unlikely but possible combination of circumstances (a long US Open final, a private jet, luck with weather and traffic) could see Rodman make it to Flushing Meadows before the final ends.
