Hope Solo trolls Twitter with phone number hoax

Bravo, Hope. You had us all fooled (for a few minutes, at least).

The USWNT star goalkeeper sent a tweet that looked like it was supposed to be a private direct message that included her cell phone number. Twitter’s immediate collective reaction was “Oops!”

Interesting choice with “Gooch” — USMNT player Oguchi Onyewu — for the joke tweet.

But it soon became clear that we were all victims of Hope’s clever hoax.

Perhaps Hope was just looking for a little entertainment on a Wednesday afternoon, or maybe she was trying to get back at a hair stylist who dyed her hair the wrong color? Either way, well-played Hope.

Mar

2015 World Cup final to be played on artificial turf

Vancouver’s B.C. Place Stadium was just named the site of FIFA’s 2015 Women’s World Cup final. It will be the first World Cup final played on artificial turf.

It didn’t take long for reactions to start flying in, but one in particular raised some eyebrows.

US women’s national team star Abby Wambach is clearly not pleased with the decision to play games on turf. And she isn’t the only one to speak out. Teammate Carli Lloyd wasn’t shy about her feelings either.

What do you think? Should World Cup matches — and the in particular, the final — be played on artificial turf? Read more about the decision here.

Mar

Alex Morgan… the bobsledder?

It appears that USA track and field athlete Lolo Jones is trying to recruit soccer star Alex Morgan to try a new sport: bobsledding.

Jones posted this photo to her Instagram on Tuesday with the comment “Recruiting @alexmorgan13 to join the USA Bobsled Team.”

The two have been spending some time together while they team up for the Degree DO:MORE campaign, so of course some silliness was bound to happen.

We doubt Morgan will be making an appearance on a bobsled track anytime soon, though.

Mar

Hope Solo undergoes wrist surgery

The US women’s nationa team’s star goalkeeper Hope Solo had wrist surgery on Thursday, according to her official Twitter account.

Her team in the new US women’s soccer pro league, Seattle Reign FC, announced Feb. 22 that she would have surgery on her injured wrist, which had damaged ligaments. The team reported that her recovery time would be 6-8 weeks.

Mar

The new US Soccer Centennial jerseys look nice!

Jan

The US women’s national team scored a lot of goals in 2012 — 120 of them, to be exact. Check out this sweet video compilation of every single one of them!

Jan

Photobomb!

Jan

Abby Wambach capped an already incredible career by finally winning her first FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award!

Wambach beat out 5-time winner Marta of Brazil and teammate Alex Morgan, whose time will surely come as well. Congratulations, Abby!!

Jan

Former US Women’s National Team coach Pia Sundhage was awarded the Women’s Coach of the Year award at Monday’s Ballon d’Or gala, and to the surprise of everyone there, promptly broke out into song!

After first thanking her staff, Sundhage turned to her two star players in the audience and said: “I look at Alex [Morgan] and Abby [Wambach] and all your teammates I have only one thing to say…” She then belted out an acapella version of Bob Dylan’s “If Not for You.”

Hats off to her for a job well done, and a bold acceptance speech. And she didn’t even blush!!

Jan

Hope Solo guest stars on NBC sitcom ‘Whitney’

Source: yfrog.com

United States women’s national team star Hope Solo took her skills to Hollywood in Whitney Cummings’ sitcom show ‘Whitney’ on Wednesday night.

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Is Solo preparing for an acting career after her playing days? Maybe. Just maybe.