Hope Solo

Hope Solo
Solo training with the
U.S. women's national team in 2012
Personal information
Full name Hope Amelia Stevens[1]
Birth name Hope Amelia Solo[2]
Date of birth (1981-07-30) July 30, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Richland, Washington, U.S.
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1996–2000 Richland High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Washington Huskies 68 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Philadelphia Charge 8 (0)
2004 Kopparbergs/Göteborg 19 (0)
2005 Lyon 7 (0)
2009–2010 Saint Louis Athletica 23 (0)
2010 Atlanta Beat 16 (0)
2011 magicJack 4 (0)
2012 Seattle Sounders Women 3 (0)
2013–2016 Seattle Reign 54 (0)
Total 134 (0)
National team
1996–1997 United States U16
1998 United States U19
1999–2000 United States U21
2000–2016 United States 202 (0)
Honours
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2007 China Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Canada Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hope Amelia Solo (born July 30, 1981, in Richland, Washington) is an American former soccer goalkeeper. She plays for the United States women's national soccer team, and for the Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States

During the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, she got 2 official awards. The Bronze Ball and the Best Goalkeeper award.[3] Her father Jeffrey, died on June 15, 2007, because of heart failure.[4] She was part of the USA women's soccer team that won gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Honors and awards

High school

  • Parade Magazine All-American: 1997, 1998
  • Washington State Championship: 1998

College

  • NSCAA All-American: 2000, 2001, 2002
  • Pac-10 Selection: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Club

International

United States

Individual

Other

References

  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. July 6, 2015. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  2. "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. July 28, 2014. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  3. "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 - Awards". FIFA. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  4. "Hope Solo's World Cup quest was for her father". USA Today. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  5. "Solo Named WPS Goalkeeper Of The Year". Washington Huskies. September 3, 2009. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  6. "Javier Hernandez and Carli Lloyd Named 2015 CONCACAF Players of the Year". concacaf.com. January 22, 2016. Archived from the original on August 19, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  7. "2015 FIFPro Award". Archived from the original on July 28, 2017.
  8. "2016 FIFPro Award". Archived from the original on March 12, 2017.
  9. "Former Results". IFFHS. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  10. "IFFHS WORLD'S WOMAN TEAM OF THE DECADE 2011–2020". IFFHS. January 25, 2021. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  11. "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM – CONCACAF – OF THE DECADE 2011–2020". IFFHS. January 29, 2021. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  12. "Clint Dempsey, Hope Solo, Shannon Boxx Headline the National Soccer Hall of Fame's 2022 Class | National Soccer Hall of Fame". Clint Dempsey, Hope Solo, Shannon Boxx Headline the National Soccer Hall of Fame’s 2022 Class | National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

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