Hope Solo

Soccer star and Olympic gold medalist Hope Solo has announced she is entering reb for "alcohol treatment" following her arrest for "driving while impaired".

I want to thank the Hall of Fame for their support and for understanding my decision.” She was arrested on charges of driving while impaired, resisting a public officer and misdemeanor child abuse. “I will be voluntarily entering an in-patient alcohol treatment program to address my challenges with alcohol.

Hope Solo asked that her Hall of Fame induction ceremony be postponed until 2023 after her March DWI arrest.

“Legendary USWNT goalkeeper and 2022 National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee Hope Solo has chosen to defer her induction until 2023. “I have contacted the Hall of Fame and respectfully requested a postponement of my Hall of Fame induction ceremony to 2023. I want to thank the Hall of Fame for their support and for understanding my decision.”

"At this time, my energies and focus are totally directed to my health, healing and taking care of my family," the retired soccer star said in a statement.

In another incident, the soccer star was handed a 30-day suspension after her husband, former NFL player Jerramy Stevens, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Solo, who is known as one of the — if not the — best goalkeeper in US soccer history, was arrested on March 31 on suspicion of driving while impaired, resisting a public officer, and misdemeanor child abuse. "I want to thank the Hall of Fame for their support and for understanding my decision."

Hope Solo has requested her induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame be postponed while she enters an in-patient alcohol treatment program.

"I have contacted the Hall of Fame and respectfully requested a postponement of my Hall of Fame induction ceremony to 2023," she said in a statement shared to her social media accounts. Solo, 40, was arrested on March 31 in North Carolina on charges of impaired driving (DWI), resisting arrest and misdemeanor child abuse. There were no updates online with the Forsyth County court.