Time for another insider column. Here’s what we’ve got this week:
• Hope Solo leads new Hall of Fame candidates
This year’s list of eligible candidates for the National Soccer Hall of Fame will be released soon, and the list of newly eligible candidates is headed by Hope Solo, the goalkeeper who won one Women's World Cup and two Olympic titles in a 17-year career with the U.S. women’s national team. Other new candidates include Hérculez Gómez, Mike Magee and Carlos Ruiz.
To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, a player needs to have been retired for at least three full calendar years.