The former U.S. women's national team star goalkeeper was arrested in North Carolina after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle with her two young children inside.
According to a police report, Solo was arrested on Thursday in a shopping center parking lot and charged with driving while impaired, resisting a public officer and child abuse. She was released from jail and will be in court on June 28, according to the report.
According to arrest reports, a passerby noticed a woman passed out behind the steering wheel of a vehicle with her two children in the backseat. According to the report, officers could smell alcohol and that Solo refused a field sobriety test.
The Texas-based attorney who represents the soccer player didn't respond to specific questions on the charges and said his client wouldn't respond either.
On the advice of counsel, Hope can't speak about this situation, but she wants everyone to know that her kids are her life, that she was released immediately and is now at home with her family, that the story is more sympathetic than the initial charges suggest.
After calling the Swedish team Cowards for taking a defensive stance against the gold medal winning team at the Olympics, she was dismissed from the national team.
She was suspended for 30 days in early 2015 after she and her husband were pulled over in a U.S. Soccer-owned van. She was benched after questioning coach Greg Ryan's decision to start Briana Scurry against Brazil in the World Cup.
There was an altercation with family members in which Solo was involved, but charges in that case were eventually dropped.
With the national team, she made 202 appearances and won 153 games. She was part of the team that won two Olympic gold medals.
She allowed three goals in seven games during the World Cup championship run. She was elected to the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place on May 21.
In 2012 she married Stevens, a former tight end for the Seattle Seahawks. Vittorio Genghis and Lozen Orianna Judith Stevens were born on March 4, 2020.
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