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"So much for solidarity!\r\nWhen Women&amp;apos;s World Cup champion Brandi Chastain, 44, commented on Team USA&amp;apos;s chances at winning gold in the 2012 Summer Olympics July 28, her remarks angered goalkeeper and former Dancing With the Stars competitor Hope Solo.\r\n&amp;quot;As a defender, your responsibilities are to defend . . . win the ball, and then keep possession,&amp;quot; Chastain said on NBC. &amp;quot;And that&amp;apos;s something that [defender] Rachel Buehler actually needs to improve on in this tournament.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSolo, 31, quickly defended her teammate -- and slammed Chastain -- via Twitter. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s too bad we cant have commentators who better represent the team and know more about the game,&amp;quot; Solo wrote in a tweet addressed to Chastain. &amp;quot;Lay off commentating about defending and goalkeeping until you get more educated. The game has changed from a decade ago.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s important to our fans to enjoy the spirit of the Olympics. It&amp;apos;s not possible when someone on air is saying that a player is the worst defender!&amp;quot; Solo added. &amp;quot;I feel bad for our fans that have to push mute, especially because Arlo White is fantastic. Brandi should be helping to grow the sport.&amp;quot;\r\nChastain -- perhaps best known for spontaneously tearing off her jersey and falling to her knees in a sports bra after winning the Women&amp;apos;s World Cup in 1999 -- has yet to respond via Twitter.\r\n\r\nSolo will not be disciplined for her series of tweets criticizing Chastain, coach Pia Sundhage, 52, tells ESPN. &amp;quot;We had a conversation: If you look at the women&amp;apos;s national team, what do you want [people] to see? What do you want them to hear? And that&amp;apos;s where we do have a choice -- as players, coaches, staff, the way we respond to certain things.&amp;quot;\r\nDespite the drama, Team USA triumphed over Colombia 3-0."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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