Hope Solo
Hope Solo
Hope Amelia Solois an American soccer goalkeeper, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a World Cup gold medalist. She has been goalkeeping for the United States women's national soccer team since 2000. 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. When the WUSA folded after her first season, she traveled to Europe to play for the top division leagues in Sweden and France. From...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth30 July 1981
CityRichland, WA
CountryUnited States of America
My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could.
I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'
I never go on Facebook! I like, haven't confirmed anybody to be my friend on Facebook. I have lots of friends; I'm just really bad at Facebook.
I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family.
My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love.
Being responsible and taking care of your body is truly how you make your pay cheque, how you excel and succeed in your lifelong goals, so for me it's just an everyday lifestyle.
Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.
You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.
I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person.
I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.
I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.
It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008.
My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.
London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal.