Former U.S. women’s soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo never has been shy about expressing her opinions, and she’s really never been shy about her opinions regarding U.S. Coach Jill Ellis.
“I don’t agree a lot with Jill Ellis, to be quite honest,” she said earlier this month on a podcast for the BBC, for which she’s providing color commentary during the World Cup. Ellis is “not the leader I wish her to be. She relies heavily on her assistant coaches. She cracks under the pressure quite a bit. But oftentimes it doesn’t matter, because the quality of the players on the U.