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Alex Morgan: Solo suspension a 'bummer,' but I don't agree with Sweden comments

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Alex Morgan weighed in on her teammate Hope Solo's suspension from U.S. Soccer following her controversial comments about Sweden during the Olympics, calling the situation a "bummer" but saying she disagreed with Solo's stance.

"It's a bummer that happened to one of my teammates, but at the same time I don't agree with the things she said at the Olympics," Morgan said, according to Alicia Rose DelGallo of the Orlando Sentinel.

Solo was banned from U.S. soccer for six months and her contract with the U.S. women's national team was terminated in response to her calling Sweden's players "cowards" after the U.