One of the monster storylines in Day 13 of the Beijing Olympics is Hope Solo with her fantastic saves during the Gold Medal game versus Brazil. This was eleven months after she was banished from the bronze medal game in the most recent World Cup. The whole thing could be summarized as Solo being critical of then-Coach Greg Ryan for not playing her and for choosing Athens starting goalkeeper Brianna Scurry instead. I read somewhere that it was because Solo was weak in her reflex saves against a powerful team like Brazil. During the gold medal match, she kept the US in the game for the first 85 minutes, making at least six key saves. In the 72nd, Solo threw up her right arm to stop a close-range bullet shot from Brazilian striker Marta that really looked like it was coming through. Hope also punched Marta’s corner shot away in the final minutes of extra time. Reflex saves, anyone?
Seattle Times Photographer Rod Mar has awesome shots of the game here.
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sorry hindi ko sya kilala. volleyball and soccer player sya? 😀
jem: mainly soccer siya, goalkeeper. hobby or something na lang ata yung volleyball. parang si sue bird, soccer player at kasali sa track team yata nung grade school pero nagconcentrate sa isang sport once malapit na ang recruitment for college. 🙂
ah, i see. thanks. lupit! yung isang taga women’s beach volleyball din balita ko nag championship level basketball naman dati. 🙂
^ a talaga? so malamang si kerri walsh yun? yung 6’0″? 🙂