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[QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 5070789, member: 7894"]
New Netflix documentary about Hope Solo is interesting.  She's a controversial figure, she certainly brought some criticism upon herself, but there's usually more than 1 side to a story.  US soccer as an organization doesn't come off looking good.  Whatever you think about her, Coach Ryan benching her for the semifinal of the 2007 World Cup is one of the dumbest decisions in sports history.  She'd been dominant up to that point.  She was replaced by a past her prime Briana Scurry who got torched by Brazil.

Also interesting is the deafening silence from pretty much all of her former teammates.  Almost like there was a gag order from US Soccer or something.  I mean you can't get Rapinoe to not give her opinion on almost any subject, but in this case she has nothing to say.  Michelle Akers is the only player who agreed to be interviewed, and Pia Sundhage the only coach.  But she's Swedish and only coached the US briefly, so obviously she's not effected by the politics of US soccer.  Solo's coaches from Univ. of Washington were fully cooperative with the documentary.
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