Rodman: young US star with taste for hunt | The Express Tribune
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LOS ANGELES: Trinity Rodman has made her own name on the football pitch but she's taken something from her famous father's relentless approach that can be summed up in one word: "Hunting." It's part of what makes the 21-year-old forward, daughter of retired five-times NBA champion Dennis Rodman, one of the most rapidly rising stars of women's football. Now she is poised for a World Cup breakout in New Zealand and Australia as the United States chase an unprecedented third straight title. Rodman says it's her mother, Michelle Moyer, who shaped her values on and off the field. But even though contact with her father is sporadic, she has spotted something that was in his game that informs hers, even though their sports are different. "I watched my dad play a lot more than people really know," Rodman confided as the US team gathered in California before jetting out to New Zealand, where they arrived this week. "My brother li