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Video: USWNT's Hope Solo Makes Bad Gaffe, Lets Up Goal Against Colombia

Hope Solo after letting up a goal against Colombia.

Matt Clapp

Hope Solo, goalkeeper for the U.S. Women's National Team, is one of the best soccer players in the world, but she did not have her finest moment early in today's Olympics match against Colombia.

In the 25th minute of the match, Catalina Usme took a hard free kick, which went through Solo's legs for a goal, putting the underdog Colombia team up 1-0.

Here's a gif of the shot, via FOX Sports' Caitlin Murray.

You can tell just how poor letting in that goal was based on Hope Solo's immediate reaction. Luckily for fans of the USWNT, the Americans answered fairly quickly. In the 41st minute, Crystal Dunn scored an equalizer on a rebound off of a Carli Lloyd shot that banged off the crossbar.

The United States is in Group G with Colombia, France, and New Zealand. The team knocked off the Kiwis in the first game of the tournament 2-0, and defeated France 1-0, putting them on top of the group with six points from the two wins.

France and New Zealand each defeated Colombia, and France currently leads the Kiwis 1-0.

Brazil leads Group E with six total points thus far, ahead of China and Sweden (three points a piece), and South Africa (no points). In Group F, Canada swept the competition en route to nine points. Germany and Australia have four points each, and Zimbabwe has no points. Germany and Australia tied in their match 2-2. The Germans lead Australia in goal differential, 4-3.

After winning last summer's World Cup, the U.S. Women's National Team entered this year's Rio Olympics as the prohibitive favorites to win the gold medal.

Odds Shark has the USWNT at +145 to win the tournament, ahead of Germany (+320), France (+575), and host Brazil (+650). FiveThirtyEight also has the U.S. as the favorite to win gold, with a 38-percent chance to take first place, ahead of Germany (21), Brazil (14), and France (8).

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