Hope Solo, U.S. Soccer Legend
Auctioning World Cup Assortment
… Recreation Worn Uni, Ring
Revealed
Soccer icon Hope Solo is placing a few of her most legendary gear on the block!
The previous longtime U.S. Girls’s Nationwide Staff star — broadly thought of the best goalkeeper the sport has ever seen — is auctioning off greater than 45 items from her private assortment at Lelands.
The large-ticket objects embrace her match-worn, signed, photo-matched jersey and shorts from the 2015 FIFA Girls’s World Cup closing victory over Japan … her championship ring from that title run. The public sale home says it is essentially the most vital ladies’s soccer memorabilia ever made accessible to the general public.
Additionally up for grabs — the Golden Glove award Solo earned because the match’s high keeper (she allowed simply three objectives in seven matches), alongside together with her match-worn jerseys from the quarterfinal win over China and the semifinal triumph towards Germany.
Why promote?
“With soccer’s reputation within the U.S. reaching new heights round this World Cup, it felt like the correct time to let these items of my profession change into a part of this sport’s historical past in new palms,” Hope stated.
“I hope whoever provides these items to their collections feels the identical connection to this sport that I’ve.”
Whereas Solo was no stranger to controversy away from the pitch, on it she was unmatched.
Hope was a part of two Olympic gold medal-winning squads (’08, ’12) … and she or he holds the document for many worldwide shutouts by a goalkeeper (102). She was inducted into the Nationwide Soccer Corridor of Fame in 2023.
A portion of the proceeds from the 45+ public sale items will go to SheBelongs, a nonprofit that makes use of soccer to create alternatives for younger women.
Bidding is open now … and can shut on August 15. How deep will somebody attain into their pockets for items of soccer historical past? Keep tuned.