Her husband, former National Football League tight end Jerramy Stevens, was arrested for DUI in January 2015, reportedly driving a US team van with Solo as a passenger, which got Solo a 30-day suspension.
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The U.S. beat Italy 45-30 to clinch third place and the first women’s medal in fencing for the Americans in Rio.
It has been quite a memorable Olympics for Hope Solo – for all the wrong reasons.
“They played a lower defensive line, I wouldn’t even call it a bunker because they did come out, it wasn’t like they bunkered the entire game. I think it was very cowardly”, Solo said.
“According to Hope Solo, I think you should define what is a good team”, Sundhage told the Los Angeles Times. “You saw us give everything we had today”.
On the other hand, coach Sundhage might know the American women’s soccer team better than anyone except current coach Jill Ellis, led the USA squad to Olympics Games victory in 2008 and 2012 before she returned to her homeland.
“But they won. They’re moving on, and we’re going home”. “I think we showed a lot of heart. In any case, they won, they proceeding onward and we’re going home”.
US fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad came to the Rio Games determined to show the world that sports is a place where Muslim-American women can excel.
Solo was asked to clarify her comments and said her issue with the Swedes stemmed from their style of play.
A few hours after the match, Solo posted on Twitter and seemed to feel some remorse, but she stopped short of apologizing.
The Swedes, who emphasized defence against the star-studded USA squad, took a 1-0 lead just past the hour mark on a goal by Stina Blackstenius.
“And I also think we played a bunch of cowards”.
American women’s team goalkeeper Hope Solo Solo was also slammed by U.S. media for her comments.
Former USWNT teammate and ESPN analyst, Julie Foudy responded to Solo’s slight.
The U.S. goalie called the Swedish team “a bunch of cowards” after they beat the favored U.S. women’s soccer team 4-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw Friday at the Rio Olympics.
In a tweet that added context to Solo’s fiery quotes, the goalkeeper wrote, “Losing sucks”.
When told about Solo’s comments, Sweden coach Pia Sundhage said: “It’s OK to be a coward if you win”.
“This has been a long journey for us”, Muhammad said.
The five-time World Player of the Year was on her knees in tears of relief seconds later, though, as Barbara parried Katrina Gorry’s spot-kick to keep the hosts alive.
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Russian Federation won its fourth fencing gold medal of the Rio Games in the final, beating Ukraine 45-30. But U.S. Soccer needed her to win last summer’s World Cup, and now it is paying the price for needing her again. They had made it to all five of the Olympic gold-medal matches since the sport was introduced in 1996, and had lost only once, in 2000.
