Trinity Rodman says NWSL record-crowd game in NY should not have been played amid poor air

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The largest assemblage astatine Citi Field this twelvemonth has not been for a New York Mets game, but alternatively for Wednesday night's record-setting contention betwixt Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

A full of 42,175 fans braved the mediocre aerial prime successful New York stemming from wildfires successful Canada, the astir ever for a women's sporting lawsuit successful New York City, but the spectacle, 1 of the stars connected the transportation said, should not person been played.

"If we person to person a hydration interruption each 15 minutes, past we shouldn’t beryllium playing the game, and that’s my opinion," Washington's Trinity Rodman said, via The Athletic. "But astatine the extremity of the day, there’s 40,000 people. It’s a full event, truthful it’s truly tough. It’s conscionable a truly hard concern for everyone to enactment around."

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Trinity Rodman controls the shot against Midge Purce during an NWSL match.

Trinity Rodman of the Washington Spirit controls the shot against Midge Purce of NJ/NY Gotham FC during an NWSL lucifer astatine Citi Field successful New York connected July 15, 2026. (Dustin Satloff/NWSL via Getty Images)

The aerial prime successful the tri-state country has been deemed "unhealthy," possibly putting a wrinkle successful Sunday's World Cup Final astatine adjacent MetLife Stadium. Rodman said the aerial prime was "rough" to spell on with temperatures that neared triple digits.

"Not to marque excuses astatine all, but I deliberation connected some sides we were each like, ‘another break, different break, different break,'" Rodman, whose squad mislaid 1-0, said.

Earlier this month, Gotham announced the nine would commencement playing astatine the caller Etihad Park adjacent to Citi Field starting successful 2028. They presently play astatine Sports Illustrated Stadium, the location of MLS' New York Red Bulls, successful New Jersey.

Citi Field stands bare earlier the Queens Classic match.

A wide presumption of Citi Field earlier the Queens Classic lucifer betwixt Washington Spirit and Gotham FC successful New York. (Brenden Willsch/Imagn Images)

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NYCFC has played astir of its location games astatine Yankee Stadium but has besides started to predominant Citi Field, arsenic it volition beryllium moving to Etihad Park arsenic well.

Due to the aerial quality, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherill said she "directed" NJ Transit and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority "to marque prime quantities of masks disposable to commuters and astatine remainder areas on the Turnpike and Parkway."