Carli Lloyd

Football player infobox
playername = Carli Lloyd


fullname = Carli Ann Lloyd
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|07|16
cityofbirth = Delran Township, NJ
countryofbirth = United States
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position = Midfielder
youthyears = 2001-2004
youthclubs = Rutgers
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nationalyears = 2005-
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 41 (6)
pcupdate =
ntupdate = September 27, 2007

Carli Anne Lloyd (born July 16, 1982, Delran Township, New Jersey) is an American soccer midfielder and member of the United States women's national soccer team.

Lloyd grew up in Delran Township, New Jersey [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E6DC1E31F936A25750C0A9619C8B63 "Sports Briefing"] , "The New York Times", March 15, 2007. Accessed December 18, 2007. "Lloyd, a Delran, N.J., native who played soccer at Rutgers, scored from 30 yards in the 51st minute."] and played high school soccer at Delran High School. [ [http://www.ussoccer.com/bio/index.jsp_12735.html Carli Lloyd] , United States Soccer Federation. Accessed November 21, 2007.]

From 2001-2004, Lloyd played soccer for Rutgers University, where she was named first-team all-Big East Conference for four straight years and Big East midfielder of the year in 2004. She made her first appearance for the U.S. national team on July 10, 2005 against Ukraine. Her first international goal came on October 1, 2006 against Taiwan.

Lloyd was named most valuable player of the 2007 Algarve Cup.

In the 2008 Summer Olympics women's football gold medal game against Brazil, Lloyd scored the winning goal in the first period of extra time.cite web | url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/FB/C73/FBW400101.shtml#FBW400101 | title=Schedules & Results: Football | date=2008-08-21 | accessdate=2008-08-22] It was her second goal of the competition.

References

External links

* [http://www.carlilloyd.com/home.html Official site]
* [http://www.ussoccer.com/bio/index.jsp_12735.html US Soccer profile]
* [http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2006/women/games/oct01.htm Soccertimes article (1st intl. goal)]
* [http://inside.nikesoccer.com/zine/article/the-next-generation-365-talks-with-carli-lloyd/ Nike Soccer interview]