The sports scheduling gods were not in favor of Trinity Rodman and Ben Shelton.

The USWNT soccer star will not be at her boyfriend’s most important tennis match of his young career — his Grand Slam final debut at the U.S. Open on Sunday — due to a NWSL conflict, The Athletic reported.

Rodman, the star of the Washington Spirit, has a game in Boston at 1 p.m., which falls just an hour ahead of Shelton’s scheduled clash against Alexander Zverev at 2 p.m. in Queens.

It’s also not just a simple regular-season game for the Spirit.

The team is fighting to earn first place in the league as they trail the defending champion Gotham by five points. The 30-game season is winding down and each game will have significant playoff implications.

Rodman, 24, has been seen in the stands throughout Shelton’s impressive run in the hard court slam, including when she celebrated his thrilling five-set win over Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals that ended at 3:33 a.m.

The couple, who went public in March 2025, shared various fun moments following the late finish. Rodman performed Shelton’s signature “dialed in” phone celebration. She also looked visibly peeved when Shelton joked about his best friend and sister getting the work day off as they were set to start their routine day in three hours.

By Wednesday morning after the match, Rodman was at 9 a.m. training at the team’s facility in Virginia. The Spirit then confirmed she would be in uniform on Sunday.

It serves as an example of how Rodman and Shelton balance their relationship with their demanding schedules.

Shelton has had notable quick turnaround to support Rodman as well, including in November 2025 after the ATP finals.

After losing to Jannik Sinner in Turin, Italy in straight sets at 2 p.m. local on Nov. 14, Shelton was at the Spirit’s semifinal win over the Portland Thorns by 12 p.m. ET the following day.

Soon after, he also flew out to San Jose to support Rodman and the Spirit at the NWSL Championship, where they lost to Gotham 1-0. He could be seen hugging a disappointed Rodman following the loss.

“Some people can say that it’s difficult to maintain a relationship where you have two professional athletes,” Shelton recently told the ATP Tour. “But in my opinion, to have somebody who understands what you go through is very, very important.”

Shelton has the opportunity to make history on Sunday outside of what would be his first Grand Slam victory.

The 23-year-old has the chance to be the first American man to win a Grand Slam since Andy Roddick’s U.S. Open title in 2003.

He has already made history as the first black man to be in the U.S. Open final since Arthur Ashe in 1972.