 After US Soccer suspended Solo and terminated her national team contract in August 2016 for saying that the Sweden women's national football team "played like cowards," she was granted "personal leave" by the Reign for the remainder of the NWSL season.She finished the season with a 0.63 GAA and 81% save percentage, including five clean sheets.Solo played for U.S. junior national soccer teams before joining the senior U.S. national team in 2000.