1. Carli Lloyd is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time FIFA Player of the Year, and a four-time Olympian.
64 Facts About Carli Lloyd
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Carli Lloyd scored the gold medal-winning goals in the finals of the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Carli Lloyd helped the United States win their titles at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups, the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and she played for the team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where the US finished in second place.
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Carli Lloyd has made 316 appearances for the US national team, placing her second in caps, and has the third-most goals and fifth-most assists for the team.
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Carli Lloyd scored three goals in the first 16 minutes of the final, with the first two occurring in the first five minutes of the game and within three minutes of each other.
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Carli Lloyd received the Golden Ball Trophy as the best player of the tournament and earned the Silver Boot for her six goals and one assist during the tournament.
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Carli Lloyd previously played for the Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue FC, and Atlanta Beat in Women's Professional Soccer.
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Carli Lloyd always loved it and showed a lot of ability from an early age, but she has always worked hard.
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Carli Lloyd attended the opening US match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, which inspired her to play for the national team.
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Carli Lloyd attended Delran High School from 1997 to 2000 where she played soccer under the tutelage of the late Rudy "The Red Baron" Klobach.
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Carli Lloyd was named to the Star-Ledger All-State First Team twice and received 1999 and 2000 Parade All-American honors.
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Carli Lloyd attended Rutgers University from 2001 to 2004 and played for the Scarlet Knights women's soccer team under head coach Glenn Crooks.
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Carli Lloyd ended her collegiate career as the school's all-time leader in points, goals, and shots.
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Carli Lloyd was named to Soccer America's All-Freshman Team and was the first Rutgers player to earn Big East Rookie of the Year honors.
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Carli Lloyd was named the 2004 Big East Midfielder of the Year.
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Carli Lloyd earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in Exercise Science and Sport Studies.
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In 2013, Carli Lloyd was inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni.
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Carli Lloyd's presence is still widely felt in the Rutgers community.
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Carli Lloyd's posters hang high all throughout the Rodkin facility.
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In December 2010, Carli Lloyd signed with expansion team Atlanta Beat for the 2011 season.
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Carli Lloyd has made a lot of sacrifices off the field to reach her dreams, and she is going to bring a lot of professionalism to the team.
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On January 11,2013, Carli Lloyd joined the Western New York Flash in the new National Women's Soccer League as part of the NWSL Player Allocation.
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Carli Lloyd was named NWSL Player of the Week for her performance.
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Carli Lloyd finished the 2013 season with 10 goals, the third most goals scored on the season.
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On October 16,2014, Carli Lloyd was traded to the Houston Dash in exchange for Becky Edwards, Whitney Engen and a third-round pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft.
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In February 2017, Carli Lloyd joined Manchester City on loan, for the FA WSL Spring Series.
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On January 18,2018, Carli Lloyd was traded to Sky Blue FC along with Janine Beckie by the Dash in a three-team trade with the Chicago Red Stars and Sky Blue FC.
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Carli Lloyd scored 4 goals in 18 appearances for Sky Blue in 2018.
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Carli Lloyd represented the United States at the under-21 level before making the jump to the senior team at the age of 23.
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Carli Lloyd made her first appearance for the United States women's national soccer team on July 10,2005, against Ukraine.
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Carli Lloyd scored her first international goal on October 1,2006, against Taiwan.
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At the 2006 Four Nations Tournament, Carli Lloyd won a third cap.
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Carli Lloyd played in 19 games, starting 13, and scored one goal.
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Carli Lloyd started three of the five games in which she played at the tournament.
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Carli Lloyd ranked third on the team in scoring with nine goals and three assists.
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Carli Lloyd was named the 2008 US Soccer Athlete of the Year along with Tim Howard.
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Carli Lloyd was on the starting lineup in all 35 games in which she played in 2008, tying for the team lead in matches started during the year.
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In 2009, the US national team competed in eight games, of which Carli Lloyd was on the starting lineup in five.
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Carli Lloyd started all five games at the 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, scoring two goals, including the United States' lone goal during the championship match.
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Carli Lloyd ended the tournament with five assists and was named the Player of the Match three times during the tournament.
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Carli Lloyd earned her 100th career cap during the second leg of the series.
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Carli Lloyd scored the lone goal for the US in the opening match loss to Sweden.
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At the 2011 Algarve Cup, Carli Lloyd scored three goals including the first goal in the championship match; subsequently named best goal for the tournament.
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Carli Lloyd was named player of the match for the 2nd time in the tournament.
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Carli Lloyd finished the tournament with six goals and three assists and tied for the team lead in goals scored.
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Carli Lloyd scored her second goal of the tournament against Colombia during the group stage.
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Carli Lloyd is the only player in history to score the game-winning goal in two separate Olympic gold medal matches; her first occurred during the Beijing 2008 final against Brazil.
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Carli Lloyd captained the team during four of the team's matches, including the quarterfinal against China, in which she scored the winning goal on her 200th cap, semi-final against Germany and final against Japan, and scored six goals during the tournament, finishing the tournament on a four-game goalscoring streak that spanned the knockout stage and that culminated in a hat-trick in the game's opening 16 minutes during the final against Japan.
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Carli Lloyd became the first woman to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final and the first player, male or female, to do so since Geoff Hurst did so for England against West Germany at Wembley in 1966.
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Finally, Carli Lloyd is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in normal time of a World Cup final; Hurst scored two goals in extra time and Mbappe one.
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Carli Lloyd scored in her first two games of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup; one against Thailand and two against Chile.
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Carli Lloyd co-conducted the draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, in April 2022.
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Since retiring, Carli Lloyd has made numerous critical comments regarding the national team, saying she "hated" playing for the team in the final years of her career.
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Carli Lloyd has said that the culture became "toxic" after the 2015 World Cup victory, alleging that players became more focused on building their brands than winning as a team.
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Carli Lloyd earned a reputation as a "clutch player", due to her tendency to score decisive goals.
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Carli Lloyd has had an endorsement deal with Nike for several years.
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Carli Lloyd has a partnership with Whole Foods Market and appeared in a television commercial for United Airlines.
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Carli Lloyd has endorsement deals with Beats by Dre, Kind, and NJM Insurance.
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Carli Lloyd has been featured in Glamour, Shape, and Sports Illustrated magazines.
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Carli Lloyd was on the covers of Howler Magazine and Sports Illustrated.
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In 2012, Carli Lloyd appeared in an ESPN feature called Title IX is Mine: USWNT.
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Carli Lloyd participated in the 2023 reality show Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.
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Carli Lloyd joined Soccer on Fox Sports as a studio analyst in 2022.
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Carli Lloyd was featured along with her national teammates in the EA Sports' FIFA video game series in FIFA 16, the first time women players were included in the game.