2016 Rio Olympics - Soccer - Preliminary - Women's First Round - Group G USA v France - Mineirao - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - 06/08/2016. Hope Solo (USA) of U.S. reacts. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
(Reuters) - Hope Solo's repeated actions "forced" U.S. Soccer to hand a six-month suspension to the outspoken goalkeeper, United States women's soccer coach Jill Ellis said on Tuesday.
Solo received the ban from internationals two weeks ago after she branded opponents Sweden "a bunch of cowards" at last month's Rio Olympics.
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