In the nation's capital, Washington, D.C, is a city full of political maneuvering and power plays, and a new type of high-stakes negotiation between NWSL and the Washington Spirit needs a top-level executive to handle the details.

The Washington Spirit recently hired Haley Carter as the club's new president of soccer operations, and it's a move that comes with buzz as the club works towards a contract solution with free agent winger Trinity Rodman. Carter's appointment was finalized before Rodman's free agency reached the point of a grievance filed on her behalf by the NWSL Players Association .

Now, the Spirit and Carter are back to work after a previous contract option, which would've made Rodman the highest-paid soccer player in women's pro soccer, was vetoed by NWSL Commissioner

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