Germany coach Silvia Neid critical of Hope Solo after arrest details surface
Not every coach would trade her goalkeeper for Hope Solo.
The American is, without a doubt, the best in the world at her position, maybe even the best ever. The U.S. women were the No. 1 team in the world for seven years in large part because of her, which helps explain why the Americans have put up with her.
But Germany coach Silvia Neid said she's not sure the headaches Solo creates on the field are worth what she does on the field.
"I'm happy that my players do not have the same off-field lifestyle," Neid said Sunday when asked about an unflattering report by ESPN's Outside the Lines examining Solo's arrest on domestic abuse charges last summer.
Neid's comments were in German, but the meaning needed no translation.
"(Germany goalkeeper) Nadine Angerer is very focused on the games, not much of a party-goer like I hear Hope is," Neid said. "I have players who are extravagant, intelligent and do have a life outside of soccer. I don't know what the case is for Hope Solo."
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