Former U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo has gone from stopping shots to taking them at her former coach.

As the U.S. team prepared for its first match against Thailand in the Womens World Cup on Tuesday, Solo told the BBC over the weekend that coach Jill Ellis cracks under the pressure.

Shes not the leader I wish her to be, Solo said. She relies heavily on her assistant coaches. She cracks under the pressure quite a bit. But oftentimes that doesnt matter because the quality of the players on the U.S. team is superb.

Solo agreed with the suggestion that the team won in spite of Ellis.

It doesnt matter oftentimes who is coaching us because we will find a way to win, and that is rich in our history of the game, she said. The United States, they know how to win and they know how to find a way to win in spite of who the coach is.