Former USWNT Goalie Hope Solo Arrested On Charges Of DWI, Misdemeanor Child Abuse: Report
Former United States Women’s Soccer goalie Hope Solo was reportedly arrested for DWI (Driving While Impaired) on Thursday, according to TMZ.
Solo was also reportedly booked with resisting arrest and misdemeanor child abuse. TMZ reported that Solo was arrested in a Walmart parking lot in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and two children were present in the vehicle at the time of her arrest.
According to the Associated Press, “a passerby noticed Solo passed out behind the steering wheel for more than an hour with the vehicle’s engine running and the two children in the backseat. A responding officer could smell alcohol, and the warrant said that Solo refused a field sobriety test and her blood was drawn instead.”
Solo released a statement from her counsel, Rich Nichols, on Friday, saying that the story is “more sympathetic than the initial charges suggest.”
“On the advice of counsel, Hope can’t speak about this situation, but she wants everyone to know that her kids are her life, that she was released immediately and is now at home with her family, that the story is more sympathetic than the initial charges suggest, and that she looks forward to her opportunity to defend these charges,” Nichols said in a statement on Twitter.
— Hope Solo (@hopesolo) April 1, 2022
Solo is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, playing for the USWNT from 2000-2016. Solo was also the goalie for the 2015 World Cup team. According to The New York Times, her contract with the USWNT was terminated in 2016 for “conduct that is counter to the organization’s principles.” The termination came after Solo called the Swedish soccer team “cowards” for their defensive approach to the game.
This isn’t her first run-in with the law, as Solo was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault in 2014 before having the case dismissed in 2018.
During her playing career, Solo was considered one of the best goalies in the world, earning the praise of her teammates.
“I’ve played with Hope for a very long time,” USWNT teammate Alex Morgan said during the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. “She is one of the best goalkeepers in the world if not the best goalkeeper in the world. She’s proved herself in the last tournament [in 2011] and this tournament.”
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