The USA’s record in women’s soccer at the Olympics is unparalleled. Even with its shootout loss to Sweden on Friday, it will head home from Brazil with a haul of four gold medals in six competitionsand a record of one defeat after regulation in 32 games. There was nothing shameful about how the USA played […]
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Solo: 'We played a bunch of cowards'
Hope Solo‘s national team career has had its share of ups and downs, on and off the field, but if Friday’s shootout loss to Sweden was her last official match for the USA, she’ll have exit inyet another controversy. The USA had a big edge in shots — 27-6 — but trailed until Alex Morgan‘s […]
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USA-Sweden Olympic Women's Soccer Player Ratings
The USA is out of the Olympics. Not only won’t it do what no one else has done — capture Olympic gold a year after winning the Women’s World Cup — but it won’t even medal. The Americans fell tonemesis Sweden in a shootout after their quarterfinal game ended 1-1 in Brasilia. The Americans had […]
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What They're Saying: Brazilian fan Christiane Luizedo
“We know that some people see Brazil as a third-world country. She has disrespected our nation. Now she has to deal with the consequences.” — Christiane Luizedo on whyshe and other Brazilian fans have booed U.S. keeper Hope Solo, whose comments and posts about the Zika virus infuriated Brazilians. (
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USA-Colombia: Solo finally meets her match
The USA accomplished what it set out to do, and that’s win its group at the Olympic women’s soccer competition and move into the quarterfinals, where it will face Sweden on Friday. Itwill be a rematch of their meeting at the 2015 Women’s World Cup — the only match the USA didn’t win — against […]
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What They're Saying: Hope Solo
“I don’t wish it on anybody. Being a goalkeeper is extremely difficult. But I’ve been around long enough to know that these things do happen, they’ve happened to me before. You just hope that theyhappen few and far between.” — U.S. keeper Hope Solo after she allowed Colombian Catalina Usme to beat her twice on […]
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What They're Saying: Hope Solo
“They’re having fun. At least it’s loud in the stadium. I’d rather have that than hear a needle drop.” — U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo, who heard boos but saidshe did not hear the chants of “Zika” from fans in the Mineirao Stadium when she touched the ball during the USA’s 2-0 win over New Zealand […]
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What They're Saying: Hope Solo
“It’s a little bit unfortunate because I think the American media has been really tough on people of Brazil. I feel a little bit bad because when you come here you learn for yourself. Ithink that we’ve been very hard on the local people.” — U.S. keeper Hope Solo, who said she might not even leave […]
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Video Pick: Some scenes from Hope Solo's 100 shutouts
With Hope Solo last Saturday becoming the first goalkeeper in the world to notch 100 national team shutouts, U.S. Soccer created a one-minute montage with some of the 34-year-old’sbig saves.
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What They're Saying: Hope Solo
“It’s far past time that the women in our league start being treated like professional athletes — otherwise, we might as well just admit that the NWSL is just a semi-pro league, and stoppretending like it’s the best women’s league in the world.” — U.S. national team goalkeeper Hope Solo, who plays for the Seattle […]