Carli Anne Lloyd (born 16
July 1982, in Delran
, New
Jersey
) is an American
soccer midfielder currently playing for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer and
is a member of the United States women's
national soccer team.
Playing Career
Early life
Lloyd grew
up in Delran, New
Jersey and played high school soccer at Delran High
School
.
University
Lloyd
attended Rutgers
University
. While enrolled, she was a student-athlete
who played for
Rutgers Scarlet
Knights women's soccer team from 2001 through 2004. She was
coached by Glenn Crooks and was named First-Team All-
Big East for four straight years. She
was also named the 2001 Big East Rookie of the Year and the 2004
Big East Midfielder of the Year.
Professional clubs
While still in high school, Lloyd played for
W-League sides
Central Jersey Splash in 1999,
New Brunswick Power in 2000, and
South Jersey Banshees in 2001.
Before her senior year at Rutgers, Lloyd played for
New Jersey Wildcats in 2004, on the same
team as
Kelly Smith,
Manya Makoski,
Tobin
Heath, and
Heather O'Reilly.
She made only 1 appearance for the club.
With the
return of top-flight professional soccer for women to the United States in Women's
Professional Soccer, Lloyd's playing rights were allocated to
Chicago Red Stars in 2008.
In the inaugural
2009 Women's
Professional Soccer season, she made 16 appearances (14 starts,
1313 total minutes) for Chicago and scored 2 goals and recorded an
assist. Following the conclusion of the season, Lloyd was declared
a free agent. She subsequently signed with hometown club and 2009
Champions
Sky Blue FC for the
2010 Women's
Professional Soccer season.
National team
Lloyd made her first appearance for the
U.S. national
team on 10 July 2005, against
Ukraine. Her first
international goal came on 1 October 2006, against
Taiwan.
Lloyd played for the
U-21 team
before making the jump to the senior team. She appeared in the
Nordic Cup four times between 2002 and
2005.
Lloyd was named Most Valuable Player of the 2007
Algarve Cup. She also appeared in the
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in
which the United States came in third.
In the
2008 Summer Olympics,
Lloyd scored the game-winning goal against
Brazil which clinched
the Gold Medal for the United States in extra time.
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