By CAITLIN MURRAY
Hope Solo may have a trial coming up, but she’ll be returning to the U.S. Women’s National Team in the mean time.
In a Seattle-area courtroom Tuesday afternoon, a judge granted Solo’s request to join an ongoing USWNT training camp in California and call into pre-trial meetings, according to local reports. She faces two counts of misdemeanor assault.
While Solo attended the pre-trial hearing, her USWNT teammates were at their opening camp of the year that started this week and runs until Jan. 25. Solo’s trial is scheduled for Jan. 20. According to a Seattle-area report, Solo will join the USWNT on Tuesday night.
Solo’s attorney, Todd Maybrown, again sought Tuesday to have the case dismissed, citing failure of the alleged victims, her sister and nephew, to cooperate with proceedings. The judge did not dismiss the case, but did order the victims be deposed again next week.
According to court documents, Solo is accused of assaulting her nephew and then his mother after she tried to intervene on June 21.
Solo has declined to comment on specifics of the case but has maintained her innocence and said she is confident the charges will be dismissed. Maybrown has said that Solo acted in self-defense.
Following the training camp, the USWNT will open 2015 with a pair of overseas matches Feb. 8 against France and Feb. 13 against England.