Carli Lloyd‘s Manchester City joined Lyon, Barcelona and Paris St. Germain in the semifinals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League with its second 1-0 win over Denmark’s Fortuna Hjorring. Manchester City reach the semifinals for the first time The win sets up a meeting between Lloyd and fellow American Alex Morgan, who plays for defending […]
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U.S. Abroad: Lloyd hits winner in European debut
Carli Lloyd‘s first goal for Manchester City, a header in the 30th minute, was the winner as it beat Danish champion Fortuna Hjorring, 1-0, on the road in the first leg of their UEFA Women’sChampions League quarterfinal series. Former North Carolina star Lucy Bronze, who plays for England, hit the crossbar for City, which is […]
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What They're Saying: Carli Lloyd
“It’s disappointing. We came in fourth place. We scored one goal … Long gone are the days of always winning, and it’s not going to be easy — 2019, 2020, it’s goingto be really hard.” — Carli Lloyd, on the road ahead for the U.S. women’s national team with the 2019 Women’s World Cup in […]
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SheBelieves Cup: Time for USA to make statement is now
Without a world championship in 2017, the U.S. women’s national team faces its biggest tests of the year when it meets Olympic gold-medalist Germany, England and France at the second annualSheBelieves Cup. Almost all the tickets for the opening doubleheader featuring USA-Germany are sold. Here’s a look at three keys to the tournament. SheBelieves Cup: […]
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USWNT: No Klingenberg, no A-Rod for SheBelieves Cup
U.S. women’s national team head coach Jill Ellis has named the 23-player roster for the 2017 SheBelieves Cup against Germany, France and England. Three picks are uncapped: goalkeeper JaneCampbell and midfielders Rose Lavelle and Brianna Pinto (only 16). Not picked from the pre-tournament camp team were Meghan Klingenberg, Amy Rodriguez and SarahKillion. SheBelieves Cup: March […]
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U.S. Abroad: Carli Lloyd looks for new challenges
Carli Lloyd, the 2015 and 2016 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year, became the latest U.S. national team player to head to Europe when she signed a contract with Manchester City through the FAWomen’s Super League Spring Series and UEFA Women’s Champions League in June. The move represents the latest excursion of an American star […]
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Lloyd repeats as the Best FIFA Women's Player
Carli Lloyd, who tied for the U.S. lead (with Alex Morgan) for goals scored in 2016 with 17 and led the team in assists with 11, a career high, was named the Best FIFA Women’s Player for2016 for the second consecutive year. She is just one of four players to win consecutive FIFA Women’s Player […]
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Lloyd and Ellis up for Best FIFA awards
U.S. national team co-captain Carli Lloyd and head coach Jill Ellis were nominated for the new Best FIFA awards. Besides Lloyd, German Melanie Behringer, who won Olympic gold, andBrazilian are on the short list for the Best Women’s player. Silvia Neid, Pia Sundhage and Ellis (all three former winners) are up for the best coach […]
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USWNT: Mix of veterans and new faces ready tor Romania
The timing is a bit unfortunate, falling on the day before the USA men tangle with Mexico to kick off the Hexagonal, but for the American women games against Romania this week offer a good lookinto the future. Five of the six players that earned their first caps against Switzerland last month are back in […]
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What They're Saying: Carli Lloyd
“People are only talking about the kneeling aspect of it. I think it becomes more of a distraction because it gets our coach involved, our support staff involved and we as a team. We as a team havedealt so many things along the way whether it’s off the pitch, on the field. We can handle […]