Hope Solo announced on Thursday that she is running for the presidency of the U.S. Soccer Federation. Solo made the announcement on her Facebook page, in which she laid out a four-pronged platform and detailed some of the struggles she and her family experienced in paying for her to play youth soccer. She also criticized what she described as the USSF's approach of valuing profits above all else.

A spokesperson for Solo confirmed that the former U.S. women's national team goalkeeper has the required three nomination letters from voting members needed to formally enter the race. The deadline for filing the necessary paperwork is Dec. 12.

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