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Full Time with Meg Linehan: A show about women's soccer

Carli Lloyd reflects on her new perspective

Full Time with Meg Linehan: A show about women's soccer

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4.8756 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

After a career spent shutting people out, Carli Lloyd decided to let people in. As the former USWNT player was inducted into the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame, she delivered a 20 minute speech that revealed why she acted the way she did during her 17-year career.


On this week's Full Time Focus, go inside Meg Linehan's feature story about Lloyd's new perspective by listening to an excerpt from their conversation this week. The two discuss how Lloyd assembled her words, why she wants to be more vulnerable now, and how she views her relationships with former teammates and coaches. In the four years since Lloyd retired from the sport, what has and hasn't changed?


PLUS: Host Jillian Sakovits gets you ready for the weekend action with three things to know & more news from around the NWSL.

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Mentioned on the show:

USWNT’s Carli Lloyd reflects on her new perspective following National Soccer Hall of Fame speech

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HOST: Jillian Sakovits

GUESTS: Meg Linehan, Carli Lloyd

PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes

VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. It's Jillian Sackavits. Welcome to Friday's full-time focus. It's presented by Amazon Business.

0:19.3

On today's show, we will be sharing a very special excerpt

0:22.3

from Meg Lenehan's interview with the legend, Carly Lloyd. And then we'll get you all ready

0:26.8

for the weekend with your three things to know. Let's get into it. Currently up on the athletic

0:31.8

is a fantastic interview with the now Hall of Famer, Carly Lloyd, done by Meg Linahan. On this podcast today, you'll get to hear all of Famer Carly Lloyd done by Meg Linnehan. On this podcast today,

0:39.0

you'll get to hear all of this in Carly's own words speaking with Meg. You know Carly Lloyd

0:45.5

as a two-time World Cup champion, a two-time Olympic gold medalist. And Carly, by most fans,

0:52.8

is known as the ultra-competitive U.S. women's national team player.

0:58.1

But in her Hall of Fame speech, which was 20 minutes, she raised a couple eyebrows when she said she regretted operating as a, quote, emotionless machine.

1:08.8

So in this interview, Meg does a fantastic job diving a little bit deeper into what was a reflective and raw, Carly Lloyd.

1:31.0

First of all, how are you?

1:32.6

Obviously, a big weekend.

1:36.1

Yes, a little tired, recovering from it.

1:42.8

Having a six-month-old daughter definitely throws in some other logistical things that I normally don't have to deal with, but

1:46.1

just really special. I mean, Saturday was busy. The whole weekend was busy, but it was,

1:53.5

it was amazing. You know, I had so much fun and just a full circle moment, just with my family

1:57.9

there and everything. Yeah, I mean, I want to talk to you about that speech

2:01.5

because watching it, I was starting to get a little choked up, right? I mean, obviously,

2:06.5

the emotions were there, but just, I mean, what was going through your mind as you were writing it?

2:11.6

So I've been asked by a couple people, you know, when I started to kind of craft the speech. And obviously,

2:20.8

you know, I found out about this. And I think it was January of this year. So, you know,

2:27.0

the way that, like everything that I do and say is it comes from my heart. And whether that's the

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