Hope Solo has announced that her indefinite leave from the Seattle Reign has become a season-ending move.
She won’t return to the Reign in 2016; meanwhile her backup, Haley Kopmeyer, will permanently take over as the Reign’s starting keeper after already serving quite ably while Solo was gone earlier in the season.
“While disappointed that Hope will not return to Reign FC this season, we understand and respect her decision,” said Reign FC head coach and GM Laura Harvey via a team press release.
Solo is currently part of a documentary by Fullscreen; in previous episodes she mentioned wanting to move to North Carolina, partly due to her notoriety in Seattle leading to intrusions on her privacy.