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Hope Solo Rips United States Soccer's Jill Ellis: 'She Cracks Under Pressure'

Hope Solo made her career between the posts, but she has never stayed between the lines.

The former U.S. women's national team goalkeeper unleashed her unabashed nature on current U.S. head coach Jill Ellis during an interview with the BBC Saturday.

"Jill—she's not the leader I wish her to be," the 37-year-old said, according to Reuters (h/t ESPN). "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.S. team is superb."

Ellis took over the national team in 2014.