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‘He failed me, he failed my teammates’ - Solo slams Cordeiro in pre-election speech

The former U.S. women’s team goalkeeper claimed the eventual winner of the federation’s presidential vote did not do enough for women’s soccer

Hope Solo did not win the U.S. Soccer presidency, but she certainly took aim at the man who did in a passionate speech before the election.

Federation vice-president Carlos Cordeiro emerged victorious from the eight-person field after three rounds of voting , with Solo finishing a distant fifth in that final round.

However, the former U.S. women’s team No.1 slammed the eventual winner in a pre-election speech where she blasted Cordeiro as one of the establishment candidates and for standing by while little changed in the women’s team’s fight for equality.