The United States crashed out of Olympic women’s soccer a week ago — but people are still condemning goalkeeper Hope Solo for lashing out in defeat. In this case, the people denouncing Solo are her teammates, including striker Alex Morgan and midfielder Megan Rapinoe, who distanced themselves from Solo’s comments on Olympic finalist Sweden. “They played their cards right,” Morgan told USA Today this week, noting that Sweden successfully used the same careful strategy to beat Brazil in the semi-finals on Tuesday. “That’s not our team,” she added, referring to Solo’s remarks. That’s not what this team will be in the future.”RelatedSolo faced a barrage of criticism after sniping about the Swedes.

Source: National Post August 19, 2016 17:03 UTC