[Washington]

It's official. Hope Solo is a crazy bitch!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soccer/s...li=BBgzzfc

Its always hard to get to the truth when the media want to sensationalize things. I think the original charges were thrown out when despite several attempts the realtives failed to show up in court. Maybe they have now had more time to get their story together ?. Thats not to say shes a complete Angel either but both her parents were alcoholics who I think divorced when she was very young and she was mainly brought up by her grandmother. Though she did reconcile with her father later and dedicated the WC win to him. Doing something for her father was one of the reasons she was so pissed when ignoring form she got swopped out for Scurry in the previous WC because the US coach thought Scurry was 'luckier' against Brazil. Her background is what has helped driven her to where she is and I'm sure her half sister is quite jealous of her fame and success. Like all of us at some point she has made dodgy decisions but once you are in that public spotlight everything is scrutinized and magnified. She just needed better mentoring from the USASF on recognizing that.
She is a local heroine in town here and they are still planning to invoke a 'Hope Solo day' at some point.