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Eugene

(61,812 posts) Wed Aug 24, 2016, 08:03 PM Aug 2016

Hope Solo Suspended From National Team for 6 Months

Source: Associated Press

Hope Solo Suspended From National Team for 6 Months

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — Aug 24, 2016, 7:57 PM ET

U.S. women's national team goalkeeper Hope Solo has been suspended for six months for what U.S. Soccer termed conduct "counter to the organization's principles."

The suspension is effective immediately.

U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said Wednesday that comments Solo made after the U.S. lost to Sweden during the Rio Olympics were "unacceptable and do not meet the standard of conduct we require from our National Team players."

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Hope Solo Suspended From National Team for 6 Months (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2016 OP

Good oswaldactedalone Aug 2016 #1

Not really. The Swedish meatballs only took three shots on goal the entire match. KamaAina Aug 2016 #3

What happened? Did she choke KamaAina Aug 2016 #2

Could we please use this interval to develop a real keeper? KamaAina Aug 2016 #4

She shouldn't have even been in Rio joeybee12 Aug 2016 #5

I agree RockaFowler Aug 2016 #6

Also, I Heard. . .. ProfessorGAC Aug 2016 #7

oswaldactedalone

(3,489 posts)

1. Good

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 08:29 PM

Aug 2016

I don't follow soccer enough to know why she was considered controversial prior to those statements, but what she said was ridiculous.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

3. Not really. The Swedish meatballs only took three shots on goal the entire match.

Reply to oswaldactedalone (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 09:40 PM

Aug 2016

Somehow or other, two of those ended up behind Little Miss Can't Be Wrong </spin-doctors>, as did most of the ensuing PKs.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

2. What happened? Did she choke

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 09:38 PM

Aug 2016

someone?

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

4. Could we please use this interval to develop a real keeper?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 09:42 PM

Aug 2016

Please?

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

5. She shouldn't have even been in Rio

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 10:22 AM

Aug 2016

Because of all the other crap prior to this.

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)

6. I agree

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 04:00 PM

Aug 2016

She never got suspended for the Domestic Violence incident. That was unreal. Now they do it. I hope it's for a multitude of issues and not just her note about Sweden being the Cowardly Lion!

ProfessorGAC

(64,852 posts)

7. Also, I Heard. . ..

Reply to RockaFowler (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 11:36 AM

Aug 2016

. . .that's since there is little to no international meets coming up, she isn't really going to miss much of anything. Well, except the paycheck.

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