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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Goalie Hope Solo’s controversies overshadowed her legendary soccer career

    Hope Solo is one of the greatest soccer players of all time — and one of the most controversial. She tells her story in a new Netflix film .

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    KCRW placeholderBy Marisa Lagos • Sep 5, 2024 • 1 min read

    Hope Solo is one of the greatest soccer players of all time — and one of the most controversial. She tells her story in a new Netflix film.

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    Election misinformation, Hope Solo, school lunches
    1. 0:00Russia, China, Iran all meddling in US elections, undermining democracy
    2. 9:32Goalie Hope Solo’s controversies overshadowed her legendary soccer careerYou’re reading this
    3. 24:52Weekend film reviews: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,’ ‘The Front Room’
    4. 42:11School lunch packing inspiration for parents
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      Marisa Lagos

      KQED political correspondent

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      director of “Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer”

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Election misinformation, Hope Solo, school lunches
    1. 0:00Russia, China, Iran all meddling in US elections, undermining democracy
    2. 9:32Goalie Hope Solo’s controversies overshadowed her legendary soccer careerYou’re reading this
    3. 24:52Weekend film reviews: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,’ ‘The Front Room’
    4. 42:11School lunch packing inspiration for parents
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