A forward and midfielder who repeatedly scored key goals for the United States in major world finals, and was the star of the United States’ victory in the 2015 Women’s World Cup.
Lloyd played 316 full internationals for the United States between 2005 and 2021, winning Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012, and World Cup titles in 2015 and 2019. Those 316 caps included 25 at the four Women’s World Cups in which she played, 22 at the four Olympic Games in which she played, and 18 World Cup qualifiers over the years. She scored the winning goal in overtime in the United States’ 1-0 victory over Brazil in the 2008 Olympic final, both goals in the United States 2-1 victory over Japan in the 2012 Olympic final, and three goals in the United States’ 5-2 victory over Japan in the 2015 World Cup final. For her efforts, she was named the FIFA women’s world player of the year in both 2015 and 2016, the most valuable player of the 2015 Women’s World Cup and the USSF’s woman player of the year in 2008 and 2015. Her most famous goal was the 55-yard blast over the head of an out-of-position goalkeeper that boosted the United States lead to 4-0 in the 16th minute of the 2015 Women’s World Cup final.
Lloyd, whose national-team career included being one of the stars of the team that was runner-up in the 2011 Women’s World Cup, scored a total of 134 goals for the United States, including 10 in the World Cup and 14 in the Olympic Games.
Lloyd played 11 seasons in first-division United States leagues between 2009 and 2021, three in WPS for Chicago, New Jersey and Atlanta, and eight in the NWSL, for Western New York, Houston and Sky Blue/Gotham. She was a runner-up for the NWSL title in 2013 with Western New York. In addition to her first-division seasons in the United States, she also played one season in the English first division for Manchester City, winning an English Women’s FA Cup title in 2017. During her first-division seasons in the United States, she played a total of 138 regular-season games and three playoff games, and scored 49 goals.
