Stay Classy
With the U.S. women’s national team one Swedish penalty kick away from elimination in its Olympic soccer quarterfinal on Friday, Hope Solo took a page out of the playbook of American football coaches around the country…
She tried to ice the kicker With Sweden midfielder Lisa Dahlkvist striding towards the penalty spot, knowing one conversion would be enough to eliminate the favored Americans, Solo decided she needed new goalkeeper gloves.
Dahlkvist converted the penalty despite Solo’s antics, with Solo cheating in the wrong direction, and the U.S. was eliminated. Solo wasn’t happy:
Full Hope Solo quote on Sweden after US was eliminated from the Olympics today. pic.twitter.com/UZVCAeur6m
— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) August 12, 2016
