Hope Solo pleads guilty to DWI in North Carolina, receives discipline

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Former U.S. soccer star Hope Solo pleaded guilty to DWI on Monday and received a suspended sentence and a fine after she was arrested in North Carolina earlier this year.

Solo, 40, was found at a shopping center parking lot passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle with her 2-year-old twins inside. She was also charged with child abuse and resisting an officer in connection with the March 31 incident. According to the Winston Salem-Journal, her attorney Chris Clifton said the latter charges were voluntarily dismissed.

Solo received a suspended sentence of 24 months and an active sentence of 30 days, the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. She was given 30 days credit for time she spent in an in-patient rehab facility and was ordered to pay $2,5000 in fines and a $600 fee for the cost of lab tests.

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Hope Solo, #1 of the United States, looks on prior to the match against Colombia at Talen Energy Stadium on April 10, 2016 in Chester, Pennsylvania.  The United States defeated Colombia 3-0.  (Rich Barnes/Getty Images)

She was also told to get a substance abuse assessment and complete all recommended treatments.

In a statement released after the judge handed down her discipline, Solo said she took pride in being a mother and how she and her husband handled their kids during the pandemic, "it was incredibly hard and I made a huge mistake."

"Easily the worst mistake of my life. I underestimated what a destructive part of my life alcohol had become," she said. "The upside of making a mistake this big is that hard lessons are learned quickly. Learning these lessons has