The National Women's Soccer League Players' Association has filed a grievance with the league for rejecting a contract offer extended to Trinity Rodman by the Washington Spirit.

The union is alleging the league violated the collective bargaining agreement when it denied the Spirit's four-year, multimillion-dollar deal to re-sign Rodman.

“Trinity Rodman agreed to a compensation structure in good faith that would allow her to remain loyal to her first professional club, consistent with both the CBA and NWSL Competition Rules," union executive director Meghann Burke said in a statement provided to The Associated Press on Thursday. “The NWSLPA has challenged the League’s rejection of this agreement on the grounds that it violates her free agency rights, but this isn’t about Trinity Rodman. I

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