
The judge cut her sentence from two years to thirty days, which she will not serve as the court recognized the thirty days she had spent in a rehabilitation clinic. The former keeper pleaded guilty over the events of March 31, when she was accused of child abuse and resisting a police officer. “I underestimated what a destructive part of my life alcohol had become,” she added. Easily the worst mistake of my life”, Solo wrote. While I’m proud of us, it was incredibly hard and I made a huge mistake.

I pride myself in motherhood and what my husband and I have done day in and day out for over two years throughout the pandemic with two-year old twins. “ It’s been a long road, but I’m slowly coming back from taking time off. xnJbOF9xT9- Hope Solo JSolo issues statement In a letter published on social networks on Monday, Solo admitted that she had “underestimated” the damage that her addiction to alcohol was causing her and her family. However, she has struggled with personal issues off the pitch and was arrested in March after police officers in North Carolina found her asleep in her car, intoxicated and with her two-year-old twins in the back seats. Known for her charisma on the pitch, Solo won several awards during her USWNT career, which ran from 2000 until 2016.

Solo received a suspended sentence and a fine for the offense.Ī double Olympic champion with the USWNT, Solo is also one of the most influential athletes in the fight for gender equality in the United States.

The 40-year-old, who made 202 appearances for her national side and won the World Cup in 2015, expressed her happiness at seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after going through rehabilitation. Former USWNT keeper Hope Solo has acknowledged the “destructive” influence that alcohol has had on her life in an open letter after pleading guilty to driving under the influence on March 31.
