The documentaryUntold: Hope Solo Vs. U.S. Soccerchronicled the rise and fall of Hope Solo’s legendary soccer career and what happened to her after it ended. The title ofthe Netflix sports documentarycame from Solo’s contentious relationship with the U.S. Soccer Federation and many of her former teammates.Hope Solo is a controversial sports figure, and the documentary allowed her to tell her side of the story after being the subject of extensive media scrutiny. Solo’s fall from grace has been well-documented, butUntoldproved there was a lot more to her story.
Women’s soccer movieshave typically focused on the dominance of the United States Women’s National Team, known as the USWNT. The United States has the winningest team in women’s soccer, with four Women’s World Cup titles and five Olympic gold medals. Yet, the players' fight for equal pay exposed issues within the federation and women’s sports. Despite the manygreat female athletesand the revenue they bring, they weren’t given appropriate respect and compensation. This was a big point of focus inUntold: Hope Solo Vs. U.S. Soccer, as she was one of the first to sue the federation.
Hope Solo Stopped Playing Soccer In 2016: Did She Retire?
Hope Solo Claims She Was Blackballed
Hope Solo has long been considered the best female goalkeeper and best American goalkeeper of all time. She played for the United States women’s national soccer team from 2000 to 2016, earning a World Cup title, two Olympic gold medals, and two Golden Glove awards. In 202 appearances for the national team, Solo had a record 102 clean sheets. Yet, her career came to a surprising and sudden end following a loss to Sweden in the 2016 Olympic quarterfinal game.
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During an interview after the Olympic game, Solo called Sweden “a bunch of cowards,” which was not received well by the soccer community. Shortly after the game, it was announced that Solo was suspended from the national team for six months, with the U.S. Soccer Federation also terminating her national team contract. Solo’s teammate Abby Wambach called the suspension “a lifetime achievement award” based on her past issues with the federation, which had branded her as difficult and even a bad teammate.
Solo, and many others, saw the suspension as too harsh. Solo argued that if she were a male athlete, she would never have received the punishment she got for her comments. Though U.S. Soccer has never commented on it, Solo has also claimed she was fired because of her lawsuit against the federation. The former goalkeeper has never been afraid of speaking her mind, and she felt as though the suspension was a way to silence her.Hope Solo never returned to soccer following her 2016 suspension, making the loss against Sweden her final professional game.
Hope Solo Has Twins With Her Husband Jerramy Stevens
Hope Solo has been married to former NFL player Jerramy Stevens since November 2012. The couple began dating when she returned from the 2012 Olympics, where she and the USWNT won another gold medal. Before sharing that she was expecting boy-girl twins in 2019, Solo had expressed she wanted to have a family one day. On August 13, 2025, Vittorio and Lozen Stevens were born, with Solo announcing their arrival a month later on her Instagram.
Before having Vittoria and Lozen, Solo spoke about miscarrying twins during an ectopic pregnancy. Solo said she was “hours from dying” and had to get her fallopian tube removed. Solo has kept her young children’s lives private for the most part. They appeared just briefly inUntold: Hope Solo Vs. U.S. Socceras she got ready to be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2023.
Hope Solo Experienced Legal Issues In 2022
Hope Solo Was Arrested On Multiple Charges
Hope Solo has had several run-ins with the law going back to a 2014 arrest where Solo was charged with two misdemeanor counts of assault in the fourth degree against her half-sister and nephew. Though she didn’t receive any suspensions from the National Women’s Soccer League, the arrest damaged her reputation. In 2018, all domestic charges against Solo were dismissed.
On July 30, 2025, Solo was arrested again, this time for driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest, and misdemeanor child abuse. She was found sleeping in her car in a Walmart parking lot with her two-year-old twins in the backseat. She pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, and the charges of resisting arrest and child abuse were dismissed. As Solo said in the documentary,
“There’s no pointing fingers. I made a bad decision, a bad mistake. It’s something that I’m going to have to answer to, to my kids later in life. It’s something I will never live down.”
Solo was given a suspended sentence of 24 months and an active sentence of 30 days. She was given 30 days’ credit for the time she spent in an in-patient rehabilitation facility. Along with the sentence, she had to pay fines and complete the recommended treatment. InUntold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer, Solo called the day of her arrest, “the worst day of [her] life.” Solo emotionally spoke about what happened in the documentary, taking responsibility for her actions.
Where Is Hope Solo Now?
Hope Solo Lives A Quieter Life With Her Family In North Carolina
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccerended with shots of Solo in Asheville, North Carolina, where she now lives with her husband and their two children. She moved there, settling near the woods, to feel spiritually closer to her father, who died of a heart attack just before the start of the 2007 Women’s World Cup. Her father, who was in and out of her life, had been temporarily homeless but had enjoyed living in his tent in the woods. Solo called the move to North Carolina “a fresh start.”
From 2022 to 2023, Solo hosted a podcast calledHope Solo Speaks, in which she talked to various public figures, including former teammates Carli Lloyd and Michelle Akers, about a variety of topics. Akers was the only former U.S. Soccer player to appear inUntold, with other big names declining to be interviewed. Outside the podcast, Solo mostly keeps to herself, leading a much more private life than she had during her legendary playing career.Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccersaw Solo open up about her past while looking forward to her future.
