Carli Anne Lloyd (born July 16, 1982,
Delran Township, New JerseyDelran is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 15,536....
) is an American soccer center midfielder and member of the
United States women's national soccer teamThe United States Women's National Football Team represents the United States in international football competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The team is ranked 1st in the world by the FIFA Women's World Rankings...
and the
Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC are an American professional soccer club that is based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer...
.
Lloyd grew up in
Delran Township, New JerseyDelran is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 15,536....
and played high school soccer at
Delran High SchoolDelran High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Delran Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Delran Township School District....
.
From 2001-2004, Lloyd played soccer for
Rutgers UniversityRutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the eighth-oldest college in the United States...
, coached by Glenn Crooks, where she was named first-team all-
Big East ConferenceThe Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 23 NCAA sports...
for four straight years and Big East midfielder of the year in 2004. She made her first appearance for the
U.S. national teamThe United States Women's National Football Team represents the United States in international football competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The team is ranked 1st in the world by the FIFA Women's World Rankings...
on July 10, 2005 against
UkraineThe Ukraine women's national football team represents Ukraine in international women's football. The team is administered by the Football Federation of Ukraine....
. Her first international goal came on October 1, 2006 against
TaiwanThe Chinese Taipei women's national football team is the international women's football team for the Republic of China . -FIFA Women's World Cup:* 1991 - Quarterfinal* 1995 - Did not qualify...
.
Lloyd was named most valuable player of the 2007
Algarve CupThe Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football . Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football. Currently, 12 teams are...
.
In the
2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 302 events in 28 sports, one...
women's football gold medal game against
BrazilThe Brazil women's national football team represents Brazil in international women's football. Brazil played their first game on July 22, 1986 against the United States....
, Lloyd scored the winning goal in the first period of extra time. It was her second goal of the competition.
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