Hope Solo looks toward the crowd after the U.S. beat Japan 5-2 in the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She showed off her red uniform as part of the U.S. team.
Hope is best known as a soccer player who previously played the position of goalkeeper. She played for the U.S. women’s national soccer team from 2000 until 2016 and is a World Cup champion as well as a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Before her tremendous success in the professional soccer world, she played soccer at the University of Washington before turning professional and playing for the Philadelphia Charge in the Women’s United Soccer Association. She then traveled to Europe to play for top division leagues in Sweden and France. From 2009 until 2011 she also played in the Women’s Professional Soccer for Saint Louis Athletica, Atlanta Beat and magicJack.
At the time of her mark as a player she was considered on the top American goalkeepers in soccer history.
