She clashed with coaches, criticized teammates and fought with former national team stars on social media. She won two Golden Glove awards as best goalkeeper at the World Cup, in 20.īut her playing years were shadowed by controversies that tested the patience of U.S. team during its 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup championship run. She won gold medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Olympics in London, and she anchored the U.S. Solo had been a dominant force between the goal posts.

Solo derided the Swedish women’s team that beat the United States in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as a “bunch of cowards” for their defensive style of play.įor more than a decade, Ms. The termination - and a six-month suspension from the women’s national team - came after Ms. Soccer called “conduct that is counter to the organization’s principles.” Soccer history and was widely considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world before her contract was terminated in 2016 for what U.S. Solo is one of the most decorated players in U.S. Solo’s lawyer, said in a statement that was also shared by Ms. “On the advice of counsel, Hope can’t speak about this situation, but she wants everyone to know that her kids are her life, that she was released immediately and is now at home with her family, that the story is more sympathetic than the initial charges suggest, and that she looks forward to her opportunity to defend these charges,” Rich Nichols, Ms. Solo passed out behind the steering wheel for more than an hour with the vehicle’s engine running and her 2-year-old twins in the back seat, The Associated Press reported, citing arrest reports. She was later released from the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center, the police said, adding that no further information was available.Ī passer-by had noticed Ms. Solo, 40, had her two children in the vehicle when she was arrested in the parking lot of a business in Winston-Salem, the police said.

Hope Solo, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and former star goalkeeper for the United States soccer team, was arrested on Thursday in North Carolina and charged with impaired driving, resisting arrest and misdemeanor child abuse, the police said.

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