Hope Solo

Hope Solo: Biography in Details

Who is Hope Solo?

Hope Solo is an American former soccer goalkeeper. Likely, 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.

She is also famous as the top female goalkeeper in the world.

How many siblings does Hope Solo have?

Hope Solo was born on July 30, 1981, in Richland, Washington, the United States. Her birth name is Hope Amelia Solo.

Hope’s father’s name is Jeffrey Solo, who was an Italian-American Vietnam War veteran and her mother’s name is Judy Lynn. Her parents divorced when she was six years old.

Hope Solo has three siblings namely, Teresa, Dave, and Marcus. Hope holds American citizenship and mixed (Italian- English- German- Polish- Spanish-French) ethnicity.

Her birth sign is Leo.

School/University

Talking about Hope’s education history, she studied at ‘Richland High School’.

Then, after graduating from school, Hope Solo went to study speech communications at the ‘University of Washington in 1999.

Hope Solo: Professional Life, Career

Talking about her profession, Solo was drafted by the ‘Women’s United Soccer Association team ‘Philadelphia Charge’ in 2003.

Likewise, she took the field in eight matches, securing her first professional shutout against the ‘Atlantic Beat’.

After WUSA suspended operations in 2003, Hope Solo traveled to Europe and played for the Swedish club ‘Kopparbergs/Göteborg’ in 2004, and the French club ‘Olympique Lyonnais Féminin’ in 2005.

Olympics, 2008

Similarly, Hope Solo gave a stellar performance in the US’ successful bid for the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Then, she joined ‘Saint Louise Athletica, a team in the ‘Women’s Professional Soccer league, on September 16, 2008.

She ended the season conceding fourteen goals in seventeen matches.

During 2010 and 2011, Hope Solo signed with ‘Atlanta Beat’ and ‘MagicJack’, respectively.

Hope Solo received a $2,500 fine for her remarks against the match officials and the league following her team’s loss to ‘Washington Freedom.’

FIFA Women’s World Cup

The US national women’s soccer team emerged as the runner-up of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup after losing the final to Japan in a penalty shootout.

Moreover, for the 2012 club season, she played for ‘Seattle Sounders Women’. Basically, Solo joined ‘Seattle Reigns FC’ in 2013 for the inaugural season of the ‘National Women’s Soccer League’.

In 2013, Hope Solo also participated in Dancing with the Stars, season 13 and her partner was Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Hope Solo: life post-2016

Then, Hope Solo took ‘personal leave’ from the club in 2016, after appearing in 54 matches spanning 3 seasons.

Besides that, Solo published her autobiography, ‘Solo: A Memoir of Hope’, which was co-authored with sports journalist Ann Killion, on August 14, 2012, through ‘HarperCollins Publishers.

It opened at #3 spot on ‘The New York Times Best Seller list in the hardcover non-fiction category.

Likewise, Hope Solo also later became a part of the US 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup squad that eventually lifted the cup following their 5-2 victory over Japan on July 5, 2015.

At the time of the suspension, Hope Solo had appeared in 202 international matches with a record of 102 shutouts.

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