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Former USWNT Star Hope Solo Arrested for DWI, Misdemeanor Child Abuse

Former U.S. women’s national team star Hope Solo is facing multiple charges, including DWI, after her Thursday arrest in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The news of Solo’s arrest was first reported by TMZ, and later confirmed to Sports Illustrated by the Winston-Salem Police Department.

According to an email from Winston-Salem PD, Solo, 40, has been charged with impaired driving (DWI), resisting arrest and misdemeanor child abuse. The latter charge came after officers discovered her two children, two-year-old twins Vittorio and Lozen, in the car at the time of the offense.

Solo was taken to the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center and subsequently released after processing.