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The five spot: 5 things to keep Hope Solo busy

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Hope Solo, the suspended women’s soccer superstar, seemingly gives her endorsement to The Five Spot.
Hope Solo, the suspended women’s soccer superstar, seemingly gives her endorsement to The Five Spot. courtesy KOIN.com

Five ways legendary Seattle goalkeeper Hope Solo might kill time during her suspension from U.S. women’s soccer national team:

 

1 Tell her agent to book her a spot on “Dancing with the Stars: Sweden Edition,” so she can show that nation of cowards who’s boss.

2 Contemplate her place as the most persecuted, misunderstood athlete in the 2016 Olympics not named Ryan Lochte.

 

3 Contemplate her place as the most persecuted, misunderstood Olympic athlete in Pacific Northwest history not named Tonya Harding.

 

4 Continue her remarkable streak of clean sheets by getting a job as a housekeeper at Holiday Inn Express.

 

5 Follow the example of her swashbuckling distant relative, Han Solo: Appreciate that she had a good run, let the younger hotshots take over, and accept a script that bumps her off after years of close calls.

This story was originally published August 28, 2016 at 5:36 PM with the headline "The five spot: 5 things to keep Hope Solo busy."

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