But Solo, stopping all shots that came her way, seems unfazed by the ridicule on Wednesday night in the planned city in the south of Brazil. Tobin Heath’s shot caromed off the post and while Bouhaddi struggled to recover, Lloyd tapped in the rebound for her eighth Olympic goal.It was her 11th goal of the year overall and 90th of her career after she also scored in the opener against New Zealand. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) even called for her to be dismissed from the soccer team.
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“Hope Solo is solid when it comes to focusing on the games”. You see, Hope Solo was booed every time she touched the ball! The crowd added “Zika, Zika“, after their chants of “Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole”.
Solo, along with Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, Becky Sauerbrunn, and Megan Rapinoe led the fight for equal pay, threatening to skip the games entirely unless they were paid fairly. They’re having fun. At least it’s loud in the stadium. “I’d rather have that than hear a needle drop”.
Solo came up big in her 200th global appearance as the United States fought off France 1-0 on Saturday in an Olympic group match at Mineirao Stadium.
Not sharing this! Get your own! These mosquitoes are aggressive daytime biters. Zika can be passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus. Early on in the leadup to these Olympics, medical officials warned that it could cause birth defects, and the virus, often transmitted by mosquitoes, left women in particular at risk. The images were of injuries she developed while on the field, like the instance where she cut her thumb on a sprinkler head or when her cleats began melting as a result of unsafe temperatures of the field. Men can also carry Zika and pass it to their partner through sex. Her post was widely reported in the Brazilian media. That, as you may have guessed from the score, was stopped by USA goalkeeper Hope Solo. No man or woman goalkeeper has ever made that many and only 10 other USA players across any positions have reached the milestone.
The U.S. women’s national team will play France August 6, 2016 where I’m sure she’ll receive rough treatment from the crowd again.
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Hope and the rest of the American ladies return to action on Saturday, when they take on France on Saturday (4 PM EST, NBCSN).
