She was named FIFA World Player of the Year-twice. She won three Olympic medals and two World Cup championships. She played in 316 games and scored 134 goals. JEFF PACHOUD // Getty Imagesīut the same relentless pursuit of excellence that sometimes made her clash with players and coaches (Lloyd stood with her friend Hope Solo in 2007 when she was benched by the team for disparaging another goalie, even when Lloyd thought she might lose her own place on the roster because of it) also made her a reluctant icon. Lloyd’s teammates congratulate her for scoring a goal in the bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics. She was, as they say, not here to make friends. She thrived with an “industrial-sized” chip on her shoulder. I chipped away little by little every single day and built myself into the best possible machine I could build,” she says. She sacrificed time, her body, and relationships. Lloyd was first and foremost always there to work, developing a reputation as the kind of player who never compromised, addicted to the grind no matter the cost. It’s the “outwork everyone” mentality that’s made Lloyd a legend on a team of legends like Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, and Megan Rapinoe, who have all also become activists in their own right in the fight for women’s equality. The bronze medal game was in two days-there was work to do. Lloyd allowed herself to feel the weight of the loss only briefly. “I knew in that moment, which no one else knew yet, I would never compete in another major tournament with this team,” she says.
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Women’s National Team had just suffered a crushing defeat to Canada and after four Olympics, four World Cups, and 17 relentless years as a professional soccer player who always felt like she had something to prove, Lloyd would not be going home with gold. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram.If Carli Lloyd’s career as a professional athlete could be summed up by one image, it might be the one that went viral during the Tokyo Olympics: Lloyd, on the field, alone, running wind sprints in the 93 degree heat. He has regularly appeared in WGN, Sports Illustrated and the Chicago Tribune, and co-hosts the After Extra Time podcast.
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Banks is the owner/manager of The Bank (TheSportsBank.Net) and author of “ Transatlantic Passage: How the English Premier League Redefined Soccer in America,” as well as “No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry. While everyone will be honoring Lloyd for her on-the-pitch accomplishments, let’s not lose sight of who she is off of it as well. The fact that Carli Lloyd has a such a prominent place, in an institution like this, speaks volumes about who she is, sociopolitically. The same goes for her teammates, who fight for the same cause with her. The museum, whose hashtag is #TakeAStand, has rooms honoring those who fight for/have fought for social justice in our world, and Lloyd is prominently featured (see above). Today I took a private media tour of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, in Skokie, Illinois. Lloyd fought for equal pay for equal play, regardless of gender, and is therefore an icon among those seeking social justice. But it’s her off-the-pitch accomplishments that truly make her stand out. Lloyd has won the following honors twice each: Olympic Gold Medal, World Cup champion and FIFA Player of the Year.
#equalpayforequalplay #USWNT #USA /VT1eyEQsaE Really coincidental that on the same day Carli Lloyd plays her final game, I visited a museum where she is very well represented. This past March, she was named the highest paid female soccer player in the world. She also has the fourth-most goals and fifth-most assists, ever, in United States Women’s National Team history. Lloyd was presented with an honorary kit numbered 316, referencing her number of total caps, which places her second on the all-time list. She came off in the 66′ of this meaningless contest, replaced by Alex Morgan. Tonight saw Carli Lloyd call time on her storied career, as she started the USWNT’s 6-0 rout of South Korea.
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