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A new Hope: with Olympics at stake, U.S. keeper plays her best game in 3-0 win over Costa Rica

VANCOUVER, B.C.—Through the first three matches of Olympic qualifying, arguably the biggest American star off the pitch had been primarily an afterthought on it; U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo, of Dancing With The Stars and nude ESPN photoshoots fame, had...

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...she said. "Being an athlete, you know that you're not going to perform at your highest level every single game. That's just realistic."

A new Hope: with Olympics at stake, U.S. keeper plays her best game in 3-0 win over Costa Rica [Fourth-Place Medal, a Yahoo! - Jan 28 2012]

...game," she said. "You can't always win four, five, six-nothing against every team. Not every team's going to play perfectly every single game, but we got the job done. We did what we had to do."

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"I'm just coming back from some time off, and I'm just trying to get my quickness back, my fitness back, my kicking back" she said. "I'm nowhere...

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