Former USA goalkeeper Hope Solo pleads guilty to driving while impaired

• Solo says alcohol had become a destructive part of my life'
• Solo was found passed out behind the wheel of her car

The former United States goalkeeper Hope Solo has pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and said she was slowly coming back" after receiving care at an in-patient alcohol treatment programme after her arrest in late March.

Solo was found passed out behind the wheel of her car in a parking lot in North Carolina on 31 March and charged with impaired driving, resisting arrest and misdemeanour child abuse. Her two children were in the car at the time of the arrest.