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When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently.

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Hope Solo
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 30
Association Football Player
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Soccer Player
Richland
Washington
Hope Amelia Solo
College
Started
Tomboy
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Dressings
Dressing
Emerging
Differently
Younger
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My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could.
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