Hope Solo Announces She's Running For U.S. Soccer Presidency
One of the goalkeeper's aims is to change America's "pay to play" youth soccer system. She joins a crowded field of contenders for the top post after Sunil Gulati announced he wouldn't run again.
by Laurel Wamsley
Dec 08, 2017
3 minutes
Hope Solo, the goalkeeper who was a key part of winning U.S. teams at the Olympics and World Cup, has announced her candidacy to be the next president of U.S. Soccer.
"What we have lost in America is belief in our system, in our coaches, in our talent pool, and in the governance of US Soccer," Solo wrote in on Thursday. "We now must refocus our goals and come together as a soccer community to bring about
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