50 Fun Facts About Carli Lloyd

Carli Lloyd kicked a 55-yard field goal in 2019 while visiting the training camp of which NFL team?

Philadelphia Eagles camp welcomed the die-hard fan, who hit 40-yard kicks with room to spare before making the 55-yarder.

Against which nation did Carli Lloyd score a hat-trick inside 16 minutes of the 2015 World Cup final?

Japan had beaten the US in the 2011 final, and Lloyd's hat-trick drove a 5–2 win that made the Americans the first three-time champions.

From where on the field did Carli Lloyd score the goal that completed her 2015 World Cup final hat-trick?

The halfway line was where she struck from, catching the goalkeeper out of position. Reuters called it one of the most remarkable goals seen at a Women's World Cup.

What did Carli Lloyd remove on the field before hugging each teammate in her final international match?

Her boots came off when her number went up in the 66th minute. She then peeled off her jersey to reveal a second one bearing her married name.

Carli Lloyd's 2015 World Cup winners were the first women's team in any sport given which New York City honor?

A ticker-tape parade had never before been held for a women's team, and each player also received a key to the city from the mayor.

Carli Lloyd was named 2015 Women's World Player of the Year at the gala where which man won the Ballon d'Or?

Lionel Messi took the men's prize for a record fifth time on the night Lloyd's World Cup year earned her the women's award.

Carli Lloyd grew up in Delran Township, a suburb on the Delaware River, in which US state?

New Jersey is home, and Delran's name is a blend of Delaware and Rancocas, the river and creek that meet in the township.

On which reality TV show, filmed in the Jordanian desert, did Carli Lloyd compete in 2023?

Special Forces: World's Toughest Test ended with Lloyd as one of only two celebrity recruits to pass selection, alongside a former Bachelorette star.

Carli Lloyd's two goals in her last Olympic match took her past which teammate's US record for Olympic goals?

Abby Wambach held the mark until Lloyd's double in a 4–3 win lifted her to ten Olympic goals across four Games.

Carli Lloyd crossed the Atlantic in 2017 for a short loan spell with which English club?

Manchester City took her on loan for the FA WSL Spring Series, in which the club finished as runners-up.

Carli Lloyd left which university in 2005 as its all-time leader in goals and points?

Rutgers saw her lead the team in scoring as a freshman and again as a sophomore, and she finished with 50 goals and 117 points.

Which award did Carli Lloyd collect as the best player of the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada?

Golden Ball honors went to Lloyd after she scored six goals and captained the team in four matches of the tournament.

Carli Lloyd won her second Women's World Cup title in 2019 at a tournament hosted by which country?

France staged the tournament in nine cities, and Lloyd scored three times in her first two games there.

Which goalkeeper joined Carli Lloyd among the five US players who filed a 2016 wage-discrimination complaint?

Hope Solo signed alongside Lloyd and three other teammates in the filing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an early step in the team's equal-pay fight.

Which US network hired Carli Lloyd as a soccer studio analyst in 2022, months after her retirement?

Fox Sports added her to its studio team in 2022, the year she also helped conduct the draws for the men's and women's World Cups.

Which shirt number did Carli Lloyd wear for the United States in both of her World Cup title runs?

10 was her number, and it lives on in CL10 Soccer Clinic, the skills program she developed for players.

Which coach led Carli Lloyd and the United States to both the 2015 and 2019 Women's World Cup titles?

Jill Ellis became only the second coach to win consecutive World Cups, after Vittorio Pozzo, and was named women's World Coach of the Year in 2015.

Carli Lloyd's first Women's World Cup final, in 2011, ended in defeat decided in which way?

A penalty shootout settled it after a 2–2 draw, with Lloyd among three Americans in a row who failed to convert.

Carli Lloyd's extra-time goal won the 2008 Olympic final 1–0 against which nation?

Brazil fell to her strike in the 96th minute, the first of her two gold-medal winners. No other player has scored the winning goal in two Olympic finals.

Carli Lloyd scored both American goals in the 2012 Olympic gold-medal match, played at which venue?

Wembley Stadium staged the gold-medal match, a 2–1 win in which Lloyd repeated her feat of four years earlier by scoring the decisive goal.

Carli Lloyd's 2015 hat-trick was the first in any World Cup final since which player's in 1966?

Geoff Hurst needed extra time to finish his treble for England, so Lloyd's was the first World Cup final hat-trick completed in regulation time.

Which Canadian city hosted the 2015 Women's World Cup final in which Carli Lloyd scored three times?

Vancouver's BC Place held the final, and US broadcasts drew a combined 26.7 million viewers, then the most-watched soccer game in American history.

As a teenager, Carli Lloyd watched the United States open the 1999 Women's World Cup at which venue?

Giants Stadium drew 78,972 for that win over Denmark, and the day inspired Lloyd to aim for the national team.

Carli Lloyd retired with 316 caps, second in United States history behind which former captain?

Kristine Lilly is the only American ahead of her, and Lloyd was just the third player of any gender to reach 300 international appearances.

Carli Lloyd shared the 2008 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year honors with which men's national team goalkeeper?

Tim Howard took the men's award in the year Lloyd's Olympic-final winner made her the women's choice. He went on to become the most-capped US men's goalkeeper.

Carli Lloyd turned professional with which club for the first Women's Professional Soccer season in 2009?

Chicago Red Stars signed her for the league's launch. A year later, playing against them, she slipped and broke her ankle.

Carli Lloyd was traded in October 2014 to which NWSL club, her team during the 2015 World Cup year?

Houston Dash gave up two players and a third-round draft pick to sign the midfielder the year before her World Cup final hat-trick.

Carli Lloyd joined the ownership group of which NWSL club, her last team as a player, in 2022?

Gotham FC was called Sky Blue FC until a 2021 rebrand, and Lloyd became a part-owner within months of playing her last match for the club.

Carli Lloyd's Western New York Flash topped the regular season of a new league in 2013 to win which trophy?

NWSL Shield winners for finishing first, the Flash then lost the championship final 2–0 to Portland, despite Lloyd's two goals in the semifinal.

Carli Lloyd's four goals made her top scorer and MVP of which annual invitational tournament in 2007?

Algarve Cup organizers named her Most Valuable Player after a breakout week: she had scored only once in her first 24 internationals.

Carli Lloyd scored the winner in her 200th international, a 2015 World Cup quarterfinal against which nation?

China went out 1–0 to that goal, one of six Lloyd scored in the knockout rounds on the way to the title.

Carli Lloyd scored twice in a 4–3 Olympic bronze-medal win over which nation?

Australia fell to her two goals, which made Lloyd a scorer at four different Olympic Games.

Which nation knocked Carli Lloyd's United States out of the 2016 Rio Olympics in the quarterfinals?

Sweden ended the run of the three-time defending champions, the first time the US had missed the semifinals of a major tournament.

Carli Lloyd tied a United States record with five goals in one match against which nation in 2021?

Paraguay conceded all five in a 9–0 loss, and at 39 Lloyd became the oldest of the ten US players to score five in a game.

Against which nation at the 2019 World Cup did Carli Lloyd score twice, then miss a spot kick for a hat-trick?

Chile's goalkeeper Christiane Endler was named player of the match despite the 3–0 defeat, after her team was outshot 26–1.

Whose corner kick did Carli Lloyd convert in the third minute to open the scoring in the 2015 World Cup final?

Megan Rapinoe supplied the corner, and Lloyd's finish was the fastest goal scored in a Women's World Cup final.

Which striker left the club Carli Lloyd joined in a three-team NWSL trade in January 2018?

Sam Kerr departed in the same deal that brought Lloyd back to a club she had first played for in 2010.

Which coach guided Carli Lloyd's United States team to Olympic gold medals in both 2008 and 2012?

Pia Sundhage took the job in late 2007 and also led the team to the 2011 World Cup final before leaving to coach her native country.

Which trainer and mentor of Carli Lloyd was also her head coach at the Atlanta Beat in 2011?

James Galanis signed his longtime pupil for the 2011 season, in which the Beat finished last with a single win.

Which title did Carli Lloyd give the memoir she published the year after her World Cup final hat-trick?

When Nobody Was Watching came out in 2016 with the subtitle My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World.

Carli Lloyd partnered in 2022 with the US federation of which sport in a push for Olympic inclusion by 2028?

Teqball, a Hungarian invention, is played with a soccer ball over a curved table.

Carli Lloyd's third goal in the 2015 Women's World Cup final earned a nomination for which FIFA honor?

Puskás Award honors go to the year's best goal. Lloyd's long-range strike made the 2015 shortlist and was also voted goal of the tournament.

Carli Lloyd scored in a 4–1 final win over Birmingham City in 2017 to lift which English trophy?

Women's FA Cup glory came in front of 35,271 fans, then a record crowd for the final, during her brief spell in England.

Carli Lloyd's loan spell in England ended with a three-match ban for which offense in her last game?

Elbowing an opponent in the face brought a red card and a violent-conduct ban that covered the rest of her time at the club.

Before the 2008 Olympics, Carli Lloyd's hometown gave her a key to the city and promised to name what after her?

Soccer fields in Delran were to carry her name, the mayor announced before she left for the Games, where she scored the gold-medal winner.

Carli Lloyd married Brian Hollins in 2016; in which sport is her husband a professional?

Golf is his game, and Lloyd unveiled a jersey bearing his surname as she walked off in her farewell match.

Which German striker tied Carli Lloyd on six goals at the 2015 World Cup but took the top-scorer prize?

Célia Šašić won the tiebreak because she had played fewer minutes, leaving Lloyd with the Silver Boot.

Carli Lloyd became the top-scoring midfielder in US national team history in 2013 by passing which player?

Julie Foudy's mark fell in a friendly against New Zealand, and Lloyd went on to finish with 134 goals, third on the all-time US list.

Carli Lloyd's run of scoring in six straight World Cup matches broke the record of which German forward?

Birgit Prinz had set the old mark in 2003, and Lloyd's streak ran from the 2015 knockout rounds into the 2019 group stage.

Which US president honored Carli Lloyd and her teammates at the White House after their 2015 World Cup title?

Barack Obama hosted the squad in October 2015, three months after Lloyd's hat-trick in the final.