"When I woke up that morning, I remember smiling because the moment I had been waiting for was soon to come. The moment where I would be given a chance to represent my country… Unfortunately, we did end up losing 1-0 that day to Germany, but the outcome was different two days later when we faced them again. This time we were victorious beating Germany 3-1! Now both of us only hope that we have more opportunities as great as this one to come in the future………."

u16 Kate Deines wanted to be on the USWNT. Make it happen, Tom. I’d puke rainbows of happiness. I need something to cheer me up after realizing Press, Syd, KO, Yael, and Deines almost played together on Beat before WPS folded. Gutted.

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Hope found her phone and it’s an iPhone to boot. Instagram and vine please.

I forgot how scary this game was. Defenders making Hope’s life eventful, bad deflection, dancing Swedes… It was nice to see Hope get Lotta on a breakaway. I prefer watching Lotta beat other keepers.  

edit: Oh, flip. Gotta watch it on youtube. It’s a good vid though.

Hope’s a pro at getting through injuries of all types. Ligaments? No problem.

hopesolo “@TravisAbro I just had eye surgery can I get a get well wish from my fav soccer player?” Eye surgery? Dang! Hard core! Can u read this? ;) 6:04 PM Aug 21st, 2011

Just a little surgery humor from the master.

Hope was interviewed by a very smitten Nigel Worrall (dude with a nice accent) while in Florida. Great interview though. She’s adorable which is a very handy survival mechanism. I love Casillas too, Hope. She sounds genuinely excited about all the changes, fresh blood coming into the team, formation surprises, all of it. 

(Source: floridaleisureblog.com)

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cranscape:

“That is Hope Solo. We have Hope Solo. No other country has Hope Solo.”

- Pia Sundhage

Tom. Listen to Pia, not to the “braintrust” at espnW. Because if you bring insanity with you I for one am checking out. I saw how that went in 2007 and that’s nothing I want to be associated with.

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Hope’s hero has spoken. Where did all these ninjas chopping onions come from?

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[Insert picture of Hope doing something awesome here.] You see a watermark showing who made the picture. Because you can use your brain you put two and two together. No further image credit required.

"I take offense to people coming up to me and saying, ‘Oh, you’re that girl from ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ when I’ve committed my life to the game of soccer and committed everything I could to being the best soccer player I could,” she said. “So I take offense to that. To me, it’s still crazy when people flock up to me and think I’m a reality-television star instead of a soccer player."

Oh, Hope. Sometimes you are too precious. #patshead #shewasstillthebiggeststaronthatstupidfakedancingshow

(Source: heraldnet.com)

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Looks like it is Hope Appriciation Day. Go send her some love on twitter using #ThankYouHope