Hope Solo: USA goalkeeper suspended for 6 months for 'cowards' comment
Goalkeeper Hope Solo won't play for the us for 6 months when being illegal for vocation Olym
rivals Scandinavian nation "a bunch of cowards".
The 35-year-old tournament winner created the remarks when her aspect lost 5-4 on penalties to the Swedes within the quarter-finals of urban center 2016.
US association football president Sunil Gulati aforementioned Solo's comments were "unacceptable".
Solo, WHO won't be eligible for the national aspect till Feb, aforementioned she was "saddened" by the choice.
Writing on her Facebook page, the point of entry Reign star said: "I couldn't be the player i'm while not being the person i'm, even after I haven't created the simplest decisions or aforementioned the correct things."
At present, Solo can solely miss 2 games for the US, against Siam and therefore the Holland next month. However, US association football has however to finalize the fixture list.
They contend fourteen games within the same six months of the 2015-16 season.
In Gregorian calendar month 2015, Solo, WHO has created quite two hundred appearances for the US, was suspended for thirty days following an event throughout a coaching camp.
Media reports claimed she was within the automobile once husband Jerramy Stevens was in remission on suspicion of driving beneath the influence.
Sweden went on to succeed in the ultimate in urban center however lost 2-1 by FRG.