On Wednesday, Sept. 2, the 24-year-old soccer player, who is the daughter of NBA legend Dennis Rodman<\/a> and his ex-wife Michelle Moyer, rooted for her boyfriend Ben Shelton in an adorable way as the 23-year-old competed in the US Open.<\/p>\n While sitting in the stands at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, Trinity rocked a shirt with a special message.\u00a0<\/p>\n Trinity Rodman, Men’s Singles match on Day Four of the 2026 US Open on September 2, 2026 “I [red heart] my boyfriend,” was printed across her T-shirt.\u00a0<\/p>\n She paired the fun look with gold bracelets from Van Cleef & Arpels, and wore her blonde hair in loose waves flowing past her shoulders and parted at the center.<\/p>\n Just one day prior, Trinity \u2014 who has worn other apparel to support Shelton, including a “Ben10” top in June \u2014 shared photos of herself at the annual tennis tournament, captioning an Instagram carousel<\/a>: “Round one\u2705.”<\/p>\n “GO TRINITY RODMAN’S BF!” the official Dunkin Donuts account playfully commented.<\/p>\n Ahead of the US Open, she flew to Montreal after her own soccer game to surprise Shelton<\/a> before his Canadian Open match, where he advanced to the Canadian Open semifinals after defeating Joao Fonseca and Jakub Mensik consecutively.<\/p>\n “Surprised his a–, happy matchday in Montreal \ud83d\ude18\u2764\ufe0f @benshelton,” the Washington Spirit forward wrote in her Instagram Stories, along with a video of the moment in early August.<\/p>\n Shelton seemed to be at a loss for words when he opened his hotel door and found his girlfriend waiting outside. He jokingly closed the door on her before he opened it again for a sweet exchange.<\/p>\n The Olympian soccer player and Shelton have been publicly dating since March 2025.<\/p>\n During an appearance on Kylie Kelce<\/a>‘s Not Gonna Lie<\/a> podcast released on Aug. 13, Trinity admitted she was embarrassed at how she and Shelton became a couple, which started with her making the first move.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ben Shelton and Trinity Rodman, 14 June 2026 “Everything I do is just embarrassing. I’m really embarrassed<\/a>,” she told Kelce, 34, adding that she slid into Shelton’s DMs on social media.<\/p>\n “I said ‘You’re sick, fire emoji,’ that’s it,” Trinity said of her pick-up line. Fortunately for her, that was enough.<\/p>\n “It worked; he responded within 10 minutes, so I win,” the NWSL star said.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n She then shared more details of their first conversation, including exactly how he responded after her message.<\/p>\n “Yeah, you were sick at the Olympics, too, ha ha,” Trinity said, laughing at his comment. “He matched the cringe situation, and then I think a week or two later we met in person.”<\/p>\n The soccer champ told Kelce things happened pretty quickly after that, even admitting Shelton soon “flew out” to stay with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I fully committed to this guy that I didn’t even meet yet, for him to stay at my house for the weekend… It’s actually crazy, it’s insane, but it worked out,” Trinity said.<\/p>\n Read the original article on People<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Trinity](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/0851318b23033509523be5c79001080b.jpg\"\/)
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