Ipo With Brant Pinvidic

Breaking into soccer with no roadmap – Hope recalls her early years, when there was no professional women’s league in the U.S. and little institutional support for girls pursuing soccer at a high level. Overcoming setbacks – from losing her father young to almost giving up the sport entirely, Hope explains how resilience became the defining trait of her career. Becoming the best goalkeeper in the world – the training, competitiveness, and drive that carried her to two Olympic gold medals and a World Cup championship. The fight for equal pay – Hope provides an inside look at the lawsuit against U.S. Soccer, what motivated her to take a stand, and the personal and professional consequences she faced for speaking out. Double standards in sports – the stark differences in how aggression, competitiveness, and leadership are praised in men but criticized in women. Financial inequities in soccer – why female players were still being paid a fraction of their male counterparts, even when the women’s te