Spirit coach Adrian Gonzalez, who marked his debut as full-time head coach with the dramatic victory, mentioned after the game that because of Rodman’s minutes management, she was only ever going to play 15 minutes.

Rodman made put an exclamation on her return when she scored the game-winning goal for the Spirit in a big 2-1 win over Portland. Rodman played in just one game for the USWNT on April 5. Rodman scored about five minutes in and pretended to have a back injury as part of the goal celebration.