No Hope for six months

Team USA women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo has been slapped with a six-month ban from the national team for calling Swedish players "a bunch of cowards" in a television interview, US Soccer announced on Wednesday.

The 35-year-old Solo made the comments after the Americans were eliminated from the Rio Olympics in a penalty shootout on Aug 12.

"The comments by Hope Solo after the match against Sweden during the 2016 Olympics were unacceptable and do not meet the standard of conduct we require from our national team players," US Soccer president Sunil Gulati said in a statement.