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Encyclopedia > Hope Solo

Hope Solo is the starting goalkeeper for the United States women's soccer team. She attended Richland High School and the University of Washington, and played for several junior U.S. soccer teams before being named onto the Olympic team in 2004, making the 2004 Olympics in Athens as an alternate. She has recorded several shutouts in 2005 and 2006, and once went 1,054 minutes without allowing a goal (a streak that ended in a 4-1 victory against France in the Algarve Cup). A football goalkeeper leaves the ground to parry a shot on goal In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, or goalie in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal. ... First International Italy 1–0 USA (Jesolo, Italy; 18 August 1985) Largest win USA 12–0 Mexico (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 18 April 1991) USA 12–0 Martinique (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 20 April 1991) Worst defeat Norway 4–1 USA (Lagos, Portugal; 19 March 1998) Canada 3–0 USA... Richland High School is located in Richland, Washington, in the United States. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ... Flag of the United States 44-star flag used in 1896 45-star flag used from 1900 to 1908 46-star flag used in 1912 48-star flag used from 1920 to 1956 The United States has appeared at nearly all Summer Olympics. ... The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital and largest city of Greece. ... The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in womens football (soccer), held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994. ...


She has started for the United States at every level of competition, and was named a Parade All-American twice in high school. PARADE is a magazine, distributed as a Sunday supplement in hundreds of newspapers in the United States. ...


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