Hope Solo Clarifies Her Statement
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Much of the criticism about Hope Solo’s post game remarks has focused on her lack of support for Briana Scurry. Ms Solo clarified her remarks today:
“…”I have felt compelled to clear the air regarding many of my postgame comments on Thursday night. I am not proud or happy the way things have come out,” reads a statement attributed to Solo on her MySpace page. “In my eyes there is no justification to put down a teammate. That is not what I was doing.”"
link: U.S. goalie Solo apologizes on her Web site
link: Hope Solo’s MySpace (look in the blog entries section)
There were comments in a previous posting questioning why I would want Hope Solo as a team mate. - I would prefer to have a team mate who is honest and not speak in clichés. She has an obvious passion for her sport and confidence in what she does. Would it be preferable to take the field with a goalkeeper who thought that she would have been beaten equally or worse by the team from Brazil? Ms Solo remarks can be viewed as a statement of self confidence. Could she have stated it in a different manner? Of course, she could have. Remember, though, that this was an athlete who had to watch as her team was pummeled. Her statements reflect her competitiveness, her candor and her passion. And, yes, give me a team mate like Ms Solo any day…
Catherine Forsythe
[tags]world cup, soccer, u.s. women’s team, hope solo, myspace[/tags]
2 Comments
john kiel
September 29th, 2007
at 5:55pm
I have coached baseball in my younger years, and have never seen anything like this at this level. If I benched a better player for a weaker player in a pivital game, I would have been crusified by the fans and parents. What does this coach think an agressive player is going to think after watching her team be destroyed with the knowledge or at least belief that she could effect the outcome. He should have discussed it with the team, requested she make an apology for her remarks and move on. If US looses to Norway. He will be out of a job and the teams reputation will be one of infamy.
jk Ormond Beach, florida
U.S. Women’s Soccer Team: Unfinished Business ~ DogReader
August 19th, 2008
at 6:54am
[...] did not play in the World Cup semi final game against Brazil. She was replaced by Briana Scurry and controversy followed. Essentially, Hope Solo believed that she could have stopped Brazil in that World Cup semi final [...]