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CHICAGO -- U.S. womens goalkeeper Hope Solo was suspended Wednesday for six months by U.S. Soccer for disparaging comments about Sweden following the Americans early departure from the Rio Olympics.Solo called the Swedes a bunch of cowards for focusing on defense rather than attacking the three-time defending champion U.S. team. Sweden ousted the U.S. 4-3 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw in a quarterfinal match.U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said Solos comments were unacceptable and do not meet the standard of conduct we require from our National Team players.Beyond the athletic arena, and beyond the results, the Olympics celebrate and represent the ideals of fair play and respect, Gulati said. We expect all of our representatives to honor those principles, with no exceptions.The 35-year-old Solo, who was previously suspended for 30 days early in 2015 for her conduct, will not be eligible for selection to the national team until February.Solo said she was saddened by the decision in a statement on her Facebook page .I could not be the player I am without being the person I am, even when I havent made the best choices or said the right things, she said. My entire career, I have only wanted the best for this team, for the players and the womens game and I will continue to pursue these causes with the same unrelenting passion with which I play the game.Solo was a lightning rod during the Olympic tournament, irking fans in Brazil when she posted a photo on social media of herself covered with mosquito netting and armed with insect repellant. Fans booed her mercilessly and hollered Zika! each time she kicked downfield.Then she caused a stir with her cowards comment.Swedens coach, Pia Sundhage, who led the U.S. team to gold medals in Beijing and London, replied by stating: Its OK to be a coward if you win.Solo has been making headlines throughout her stellar career.Last month, she became the first goalkeeper with 100 international shutouts when the United States defeated South Africa 1-0 at Soldier Field in Chicago. It also was her 150th career win.Solo won her second straight Golden Glove Award for the best goalkeeper at the Womens World Cup a year ago. Over the course of the tournament in Canada, she had five shutouts and allowed only three goals in seven games.She has vocally advocated for womens rights. 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PHILADELPHIA -- Evgeni Malkin scored twice, including the tiebreaker in the third period, and Sidney Crosby?had two goals to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.Malkins game winner was his 300th career goal.Matt Cullen also scored for the Penguins, who scored three times in a 55-second span in the first period while opening a four-game road trip with their fourth win in the past five. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 38 shots while making his ninth straight start (6-2-1).Jakub Voracek scored twice for the Flyers, and Claude Giroux and Wayne Simmonds each had one for Philadelphia. Steve Mason started and gave up three goals on 13 shots in the first period. Michal Neuvirth replaced him to start the second and finished with 12 saves on 14 shots.Matt Murray, who led the Penguins to the Stanley Cup last season, was available as Fleurys backup. Murray, recovering from a broken hand, hasnt played this season.Malkin put the Penguins ahead for good with his milestone goal at 8:33 of the third. Olli Maatta threw the puck toward the net. It bounced off the leg of Philadelphias Brandon Manning and to the back post, where a wide-open Malkin shot past Neuvirth.Crosby, who missed the first six games due to a concussion, has four goals and five points in three games since returning.Trailing 2-0, the Penguins scored three goals during an electrifying 55 seconds late in the first period.Crosby beat Mason short-side from a bad angle with a top-shelf wrist shot with 4:16 left in the period. Forty-three seconds later, Crosby netted a power-play goal after one-timing a pass from Patric Hornqvist in the slot that whizzed by Mason.dddddddddddd Cullen ended the onslaught with a wraparound tally with 3:21 remaining.The only other time Philadelphia allowed three goals in 55 seconds or less was Nov. 23, 1991, when the Devils tallied three in 42 seconds in the second period of a 5-5 tie. Pittsburgh capitalized on a turnover by Sean Couturier to take a 4-2 lead on Malkins goal midway through the second period.The Flyers got back within one goal on Girouxs power-play tally with 6:44 remaining in the period. Radko Gudas made a stellar play to keep the puck in the offensive zone before Wayne Simmonds fed Giroux for a one-timer from the slot that beat Fleury on the glove side.The play was upheld after a lengthy review to determine whether Philadelphia was offside on the play. The Flyers tied it 2:12 later on Voraceks penalty shot, which was awarded after the Flyers right wing was pulled down by Brian Dumoulin on a breakaway attempt.GAME NOTESThe Flyers were playing their fifth game in eight nights and were on the front end of a back-to-back. ... Giroux extended his points streak to eight straight games. ... Pittsburgh D Kris Letang (upper body) missed his fifth straight game but is close to a return. ... Voraceks penalty shot snapped a string of six straight misses and was Philadelphias first successful conversion since Matt Reads tally on Nov. 13, 2011. ... The Flyers scored first for just the second time this season and now have three first-period goals on the season.UP NEXTPenguins: At Anaheim on Wednesday.Flyers: At Carolina on Sunday. ' ' '