Ex-goalkeeper Hope Solo objects to US Soccer equal pay deal
October 12, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Former goalkeeper Hope Solo objected to the equal pay lawsuit between her former teammates and the U.S. Soccer Federation, filing a notice in federal court.
Solo sued the USSF in August 2018 alleging violations of the federal Equal Pay Act and sex status discrimination.
Hope Solo pleads guilty to DWI, gets 30-day sentence, fine
July 26, 2022 GMTWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. women’s national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo pleaded guilty Monday to driving while impaired, almost four months after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside.
Soccer player Ubogagu banned for unintentional doping breach
May 19, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — English soccer player Chioma Ubogagu is serving a nine-month suspension for failing a doping test after medication for a skin condition contained a prohibited substance.
Ubogagu, who scored on her England debut in 2018, joined Women's Super League team Tottenham last year.
Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges
April 2, 2022 GMTWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. women’s national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside, police said.
Dempsey, Solo, Boxx elected to US Soccer Hall of Fame
January 31, 2022 GMTFRISCO, Texas (AP) — Clint Dempsey, Hope Solo and Shannon Boxx were among six people elected Sunday to the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Marco Etcheverry, Linda Hamilton and Esse Baharmast also were voted in and will be inducted May 21 at the Hall in Frisco, Texas, along with Christie Pearce, who was elected last year and deferred her induction.
The U.S. women are favorites in Tokyo after upset in Brazil
July 3, 2021 GMTHIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: Germany won its first gold medal with a 2-1 victory over Sweden. It was quite a swan song for Germany coach Silvia Neid, a two-time FIFA Women's Coach of the Year. She stepped down after the game at Rio's historic Maracanã Stadium.
Naeher emerges from Solo’s shadow with a smashing save
July 3, 2019 GMTLYON, France (AP) — Alyssa Naeher finally escaped Hope Solo's shadow with her smothering save of a penalty kick...
AP Interview: Hope Solo says don’t vote for US World Cup bid
June 7, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — A World Cup winner and Olympic champion with the United States, Hope Solo now wants her country to lose one of its biggest soccer contests: FIFA's vote on the 2026 World Cup host...
Olympics notes: Hope Solo downplays problems in Brazil
August 2, 2016 GMTHope Solo is blaming the American media for spreading fear about the Zika virus and other problems ahead of the Rio Games.
Hoping to lead the U.S. to its fourth straight women’s soccer gold medal, Solo had expressed her own concerns before the Olympics.
Lawyer: Hope Solo did not assault sister, nephew
June 22, 2014 GMTSEATTLE (AP) — U.S. women's soccer star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested at a suburban Seattle home on suspicion of assaulting her sister and 17-year-old nephew, but her attorney insisted that Solo herself was a victim in the altercation.