The American soccer world champion Hope Solo has apparently once again gotten into trouble with the law.

Following media reports that the former national goalkeeper had been arrested for drinking and driving and endangering her children, Solo published a statement from her lawyer on Twitter.

The two-time Olympic champion is said to have been arrested in a parking lot in Winston-Salem/North Carolina on Thursday.

Court documents say a bystander observed Solo's two-year-old twins sitting in the back seat of the car, while the 40-year-old sat asleep at the wheel for over an hour with the engine running, according to media reports.

Solo could not comment on the situation on legal advice, "but her children are her life, everyone should know that," said her lawyer Rich Nichols.

Solo was released "immediately" and is now with her family, the "story" is more understandable than the allegations suggested.

It's not Solo's first encounter with the police.

Eight years ago, the 2015 world champion was arrested after allegedly assaulting her half-sister and 17-year-old nephew at a family gathering.

The case was later dismissed, with Solo saying she acted in self-defense.

A legend as a goalkeeper

As a goaltender, the 1.75m tall Hope Solo was considered one of the best in the world for her feline dexterity during her heyday from the turn of the millennium to the 2016 Olympics.

She was the only goalkeeper to keep more than 100 international matches without conceding a goal and became the first goalkeeper to reach 200 international matches in 2016.

From 2012 to 2015 she was named World Goalkeeper of the Year.

She was banned from the US national team after the 2016 Olympic tournament –


also because she had called the opponents “cowards” after losing the quarter-finals against Sweden.

Even after her active career, she made no friends as a football expert.

After digging at the team and their coach Jill Ellis at the 2019 World Cup, all current American players ended their friendship.


In 2017, as part of the MeToo campaign, Solo accused former Fifa boss Sepp Blatter of groping her.

Hope Solo is married to former football player Jerramy Stevens.

In April 2020 she became the mother of twins.