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Jill Ellis Comments on Hope Solo’s Termination from US Women’s Soccer Team
- Updated: September 6, 2016
United States women’s national team coach Jill Ellis shed some light Tuesday on the reasoning behind Hope Solo’s six-month suspension.
Her punishment, which included U.S. Soccer terminating her national team contract, came after she called Sweden a “bunch of cowards” for the way they played in the United States’ quarterfinal defeat at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
In a statement on U.S. Soccer’s official site, Ellis explained Solo’s comments weren’t the sole reason behind the suspension:
Over time there’s been off the field distractions for which the federation has taken action. Each time an action has been taken there’s been made clear an expectation that this would be the last time such a step would be necessary. Sadly, how Hope handled her post-Olympic comments forced us to make a …
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