USA women’s goalkeeper Hope Solo has been slapped with a six-month ban from the national team for her comments in which she called the Swedish players “a bunch of cowards”, US Soccer announced Wednesday.
The 35-year-old Solo made the comments after the Americans were eliminated in a penalty shootout from the Rio Olympics women’s soccer tournament on August 12.
“The comments by Hope Solo after the match against Sweden during the 2016 Olympics were unacceptable and do not meet the standard of conduct we require from our National Team players,” US Soccer president Sunil Gulati said in a statement Wednesday.
