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Oct 9, 2023 · Solo, former goaltender for the U.S. women’s national soccer team, wrote about her time on “Dancing With the Stars” in her memoir, “Solo: A Memoir of Hope,” which was released in 2012. On the...
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Did Maks Chmerkovskiy shade Hope Solo? The “Dancing with the Stars” alum gets REAL on his feelings about dance partner Hope Solo — and holds nothing back — in this clip. Check it out.
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Sep 19, 2011 · Watch Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy perform a stunning Viennese Waltz on Dancing with the Stars. See how they impress the judges and the audience with their graceful moves and chemistry. Don't ...
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Oct 14, 2015 · The 34-year-old alleged that the DWTS pro slapped her in the face during rehearsals for the ABC dancing competition show. Chmerkovskiy has denied the allegations.
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Solo was born 30 July 1981 in Richland, Washington, to Judy Lynn (née Shaw) and Jeffrey Solo. Her father, an Italian-American Vietnam War veteran, who was in and out of her life as a child and teenager, taught her how to play soccer at a young age. When Solo was seven, her father picked her and her brother Marcus up to go to a baseball game in the ...
WUSA and European Professional Leagues
Following her college career, Solo was selected in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2003 WUSA Draft by the Philadelphia Charge. She spent most of her first professional season on the bench playing in eight games. Solo started the last three games of the season and earned her first professional shutout against the Atlanta Beat. She also shut out eventual league champions, the Washington Freedom led by top scorers, Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach. After the WUSA folded following the 2003 seaso...
Seattle Sounders Women
It was announced 14 February 2012 that Solo had signed with the Seattle Sounders Women. Joining the club the same year were national teammates Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and Sydney Leroux. Sounders Women general manager, Amy Carnell, said of the signing, "Hope is undoubtedly the best women's keeper in the game today. Her signing represents the caliber player Sounders Women's fans can expect in 2012. As the landscape of women's soccer continues to evolve, we realize the unique opportunity bef...
Solo played for U.S. junior national soccer teams before joining the senior U.S. national team in 2000. Her senior debut came in an 8–0 win over Iceland at Davidson, North Carolina in April 2000. In 2004, Solo joined the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as an alternate behind primary goalkeeper Briana Scurry and backup Kristin Lu...
Television and Film
She has made appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, Piers Morgan Tonight, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Chelsea Lately, and Whitney. Solo was the focus of an ESPN E:60 episode in 2012. During her interview by Jeremy Schaap, she told of her experience at the 2007 World Cup as well as her childhood. In 2013, she was featured in the PBS documentary, Makers: Women Who Make America and ESPN documentary series, Nine for IX. The Nine for IXdocumentary, "Branded"...
Magazines
Solo has been featured on the covers of Fitness, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, TV Guide, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, and Vogue. In 2011, she appeared nude in The Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine. Of the experience, she said, "I'm an athlete; that's all I am. If a sex symbol is now a top female athlete, I think that's pretty amazing and it shows how far our country has come from the stick-thin models, from what you see in most magazines."
Autobiography
On 14 August 2012, after the London Olympics, Solo released her autobiography Solo: A Memoir of Hope co-authored with sports columnist and commentator Ann Killion and published by Harper Collins. In her book she provided her accounts of incidents with former U.S. national coach Greg Ryan, and her Dancing with the Stars partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy. She recounted her integration into the U.S. team with established players like Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, and Julie Foudy. Solo also revealed detai...
Solo is married to former American football player Jerramy Stevens. They have been together since mid-August 2012 when Solo returned from the Olympics. Stevens was arrested 12 November 2012 on investigation of assault following an altercation that left Solo injured. The following day, Stevens was released after a judge determined there was not enou...
In 2011, Solo was a contestant in the 13th season of the Dancing with the Stars television series. Her partner was Maksim Chmerkovskiyand they were eliminated in the semifinal round.
Hope is the first soccer player to compete.Had she advanced to the finals, Maksim would’ve been tied for the most appearances in the finals at the time unless Rob & Cheryl failed to make it in which case Maksim would’ve been the only profes...Dancing a samba with soccer star Hope Solo to “Werewolves of London,” the outspoken pro let his feet do the talking this time, and it paid off: the pair collected a solid 24 points – and a ...
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Oct 14, 2015 · Obviously, there's no love lost between Maksim Chmerkovskiy and his season 13 Dancing With the Stars partner, pro soccer player Hope Solo.
