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Hope Solo

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American soccer player

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Works
4

Top works

  • All Things Being Equal
  • Mein Leben als Hope Solo
  • Hope Solo
  • Solo

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Listeners
16
Total plays
136

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Quotes

  • It was the wrong decision, and I think anybody that knows anything about the game knows that. There's no doubt in my mind I would have made those saves.
  • What I love about this team is the fact that you can feel the energy and trust - even after the defeat against Sweden. That's the really special thing about this group. Even when we were a player down and a goal behind in extra time, you sensed that something was going to happen. The team kept fighting. You can't teach that. It's a feeling - and we play with that feeling.
  • I have a lot of critics; we all know that. And I do kind of want to say — you know, put my middle finger up to everybody and say, think what you want about me. I am who I am. But at the end of the day, I'm an athlete that wants to win.
  • With all the controversy, I know that my play speaks for itself. I'm one of the best goalkeepers this country has ever seen. On a global stage, I have respect in the goalkeeping world. So all the negativity coming from the outside, I know I’m helping bring success to the U.S. women’s national team. And everything I do, I play to win and I speak the truth, and people either love me or they hate me.
  • It’s been a crazy year, as always — the story of my life — but it’s been a great year. Right now, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my personal life. I’m happily married. Yeah, there’s lots of ups and downs, but that’s what makes us strong is getting through them all.
  • I got blasted with a ball to the face at practice. It doesn't hurt as much as you'd think – not if you're strong and keep your face in it. It only hurts if you pull away.

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Key facts

1998
United States U19
2003
Philadelphia Charge
2004
Kopparbergs/Göteborg
2005
Lyon
2010
Atlanta Beat
2011
magicJack
2012
Seattle Sounders Women
Full name
Hope Amelia Stevens
Birth name
Hope Amelia Solo
Date of birth
( 1981-07-30 ) July 30, 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth
Richland, Washington , U.S.
Height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position
Goalkeeper
1996 2000
Richland High School
Years
Team
1999 2002
Washington Huskies
2009 2010
Saint Louis Athletica
2013 2016
Seattle Reign

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Goalkeeper
Nationality
United States

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hope Amelia Stevens (née Solo; born July 30, 1981) is an American former soccer goalkeeper. She was a goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team from 2000 to 2016, and is a World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. After playing at the collegiate level for the University of Washington, she played professionally for the Philadelphia Charge in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). When the WUSA folded after her first season, she traveled to Europe to play for the top division leagues in Sweden and France. From 2009 to 2011, she played in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for Saint Louis Athletica, Atlanta Beat and magicJack. After the WPS ceased operations in early 2012, she played for the Seattle Sounders in the W-League. She most recently played for Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hope Solo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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