Hometown hero Hope Solo, while a talented soccer goalkeeper, sometimes acts like a garbage person. Or, as Slate puts it, she has a "tendency to make brash and ill-informed statements."
The latest? After the U.S. women's national team was knocked out of the Rio Olympics by scrappy, tenacious Swedish, Solo called the Swedes a "bunch of cowards."
Her teammates, including fellow Seattle Reign player Megan Rapinoe, disagreed with her. Now this:
Good.U.S. Soccer has suspended #USWNT goalkeeper Hope Solo for six months: https://t.co/0nZMBbpKx8
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@ussoccer_wnt) August 24, 2016
UPDATE: The U.S. soccer federation has apparently terminated her contract, too. That strikes me as going too far. A six month suspension is a hefty penalty for stupid, ill-considered comments on its own. Her union is filing an appeal:
SI: Response to Hope Solo suspension from Rich Nichols, executive director, USWNT Players Association pic.twitter.com/ZOPsYgSCk7
— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) August 25, 2016
