Hope Solo Biography

Fast Facts

• Was a forward in high school (twice named a Parade All American); she didn't permanently switch to goal until she was at the University of Washington
• Drafted into the now-defunct WUSA by the Philadelphia Charge out of college
• Part of the U
• S
• Olympic team as an alternate in 2004 and starting goalkeeper in 2008 and 2012, winning two gold medals
• Overcame her self-proclaimed shyness in 2011 to pose for ESPN The Magazine's body issue and to take on a stint on Dancing With the Stars
• Won the Golden Glove Award (best goalkeeper) at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, and again in 2015 when the U
• S
• won the competition
• Ran the Chicago Marathon to raise money for the Seattle Humane Society
• Her autobiography, Solo: a Memoir of Hope, reached No
• 3 on the NYT Best Sellers list
• Joined Seattle Reign FC in 2013 during the inaugural season of the NWSL; won the NWSL shield (best regular-season record) in 2014
• Recorded her 72nd career shutout on June 14, 2014 in a friendly against Mexico, breaking the U
• S
• career shutout record
• Was part of the U
• S
• national team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio that was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Sweden