Hope Solo Needs to Set an Example for Other Aspiring Female Soccer Players: Crying Over a Winning Strategy Employed by the Swedish Soccer Team Isn’t It

Hope Solo branded the winning strategy employed by Sweden’s women’s soccer team as “cowardly” instead of congratulating the winners in their victory over the undefeated United States team.

Yeah, losing hurts, and I feel for our national team, but sportsmanship in the face of defeat is the mark of a true champion.  The U.S. team will rise again down the road, I’m sure, but setting a proper example for other young soccer players and teams is just as important.

I hope that Hope Solo and the U.S. women’s team pulls it together and displays some respect for the Swedish team, whose winning strategy the U.S. team probably should have executed themselves, or at least adapted to better than they did.

I hope Sweden takes the gold medal.