Hope Only alcohol problems and rehabilitation process | football curiosities

Hope Solo stars in a situation of overcoming that inspires women’s football.

The exporter, one of the great leaders in the selection of Women’s Football American in recent years, acknowledged in an open letter the influence “destructive” that he alcohol had in her life, after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated on March 31. He has only expressed his happiness at beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel thanks to a rehabilitation process.

World champion and double Olympic champion with the US team (USWNT), Solo is also one of the athletes who carry the most weight in the fight for gender equality in USA.

Known for her charisma on the court, where she was the USWNT goalkeeper until 2016, Hope Solo did not hide her most fragile part in her personal life, after North Carolina police officers found her asleep in a car in March. intoxicated, with her two-year-old twins in the back seats.

He did so in a letter published on his social networks late on Monday and that has had a strong impact in the United States in recent hours, in which he admitted that he “underestimated” the damage that his addiction to alcohol was causing to herself. and to his family.

“It was a long road, but I am slowly making my way back after taking some time off. I am proud of myself and my husband for what we have done day in and day out for the last two years during the pandemic with our two-year-old twins. At the same time, it was incredibly hard and I made a huge mistake. Possibly the worst of my life,” Solo wrote. “I underestimated the destructive influence that alcohol was having on my life,” she added.

The exporter pleaded guilty before the US justice for the events of May 31, when she was accused of child abuse and resisting a police officer, and the judge limited her sentence from two years to thirty days in jail. Hope Solo will not have to serve this period either, as she was recognized for the thirty days spent in a rehabilitation clinic.

Hope will only have to pay $2,500 in fines and $600 for the costs of her blood tests, which, according to the ‘New York Times’, detected an alcohol level of 0.24, three times higher than the limit allowed by North Carolina law. North. “The silver lining of making such a big mistake is that lessons are learned quickly. Learning these lessons was hard and sometimes very painful,” she admitted.

She thanked her husband for his unconditional support and her lawyers for respecting her personal well-being. “I also want to thank the wonderful women I met at Hope Valley Treatment Center. (…) The women of Hope Valley are true leaders in their work, with great insights on how to live a healthier and more balanced life” , he continued in his letter.

On April 29, Hope Solo announced on her social networks that she would enter a rehabilitation clinic to try to solve her problems with alcohol.

Born in Richland, Washington, in 1981, Hope Solo had a brilliant career in the United States, where she played for the Philadelphia Charge, San Luis Athletica, Atlanta Beat, Magic Jack, Seattle Sounders and Seattle Reign, and in Europe, where she wore the jerseys from Goteborg and Lyon.

The best successes of her career came in her 16 years as goalkeeper for the US team, with which she won Olympic gold in Beijing 2008 and London 2012 and the 2015 World Cup. She also won five Algarve titles, in 2005, 2006, 2008 , 2010 and 2011.