Solo Hope, former goalkeeper of the team United States women’s national team, remembers the ordeal for joining the national team in 2000, as he came across a group of privileged players who were “robbers” in the locker room.
Hope Solo took his first steps in football as a striker
When you grow up in the national team, you meet a club of “bad girls”. Most of the players come from wealthy white families. This is the culture of the women’s national team. It’s a very privileged white culture, “the American revealed for the BBC’s The Players podcast.
“I remember Carli Lloyd and I would always talk about it and say, ‘We need to change this culture. She and I were very welcoming, we were not aggressors. We were very nice to the girls who came, “the former player added.
But 20 years later things have changed and the environment of the national team is more welcoming for the new members, although he believes that the old days have helped to strengthen the character of the young footballers who are now part of it.
Hope Solo gave birth to twins in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic
“It’s a much more open and welcoming environment, it’s an easier transition, but I don’t think that helps develop the character of many of these younger athletes. Now they have the paved road most of the time “, he explained. Solo.
” You can’t push them the same way as before, to make it really competitive. It’s a completely different environment and I don’t think it’s always a good thing. I think it creates softer athletes “, he closed.