Carli Lloyd

Just Women's Sports

News, Sports News, Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

One of soccer’s most iconic players sits down with Kelley O’Hara to talk about her roller-coaster journey to the top of her sport. Carli Lloyd speaks candidly about the highs and lows that have defined her career, from getting cut from a youth national team to her legendary hat-trick in the 2015 World Cup final. The USWNT star discusses why she stood by Hope Solo following her controversial benching at the 2007 World Cup, what it meant to score the gold medal-winning goal at the 2008 Olympics and again in 2012, her dominant run through the 2015 World Cup, and what people misunderstood about her comments during the 2019 tournament. Carli also discusses how quarantine inspired her to reconnect with her family after 12 years apart and the hard-won lessons she’s learned as both an athlete and a person. Go deeper. Presented by Heineken

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0:00.0	I feel like that's that's when I play my best you know where I'm not putting all these
0:05.8	expectations on myself I'm just out there playing free you know it was almost like I was I was out there playing in the park with my friends, you know, and just happened to be a World Cup final.
0:16.2	Welcome to the Just Women Sports Podcast, where we talk to the biggest athletes in the world
0:23.4	about the untold stories behind their success. I'm Kelly O'Hara and my guest
0:27.4	today is Carly Lloyd. Carly Lloyd is the definition of a living legend. As a member of the U.S. Women's National Team, she's won two World Cups and two Olympic gold
0:37.2	medals, scoring the game-winning goals in both Beijing and London.
0:41.7	A two-time FIFA Player of the Year,
0:44.0	Carly's iconic hat trick in the 2015 World Cup final
0:47.8	earned her the golden ball
0:49.4	as the best player in the tournament.
0:54.0	Carly, welcome to the show. Hello, I've missed you.
0:56.0	I know, I was just thinking, I haven't seen you in so long, it's so weird.
1:00.0	It's crazy.
1:01.0	How you been?
1:02.0	How's the knee doing? The knee's along. I'm starting to now jog and
1:06.7	been increasing that, doing some ball work. So I'm, I think I'm kind of over that little bit of jump and ready to get after it.
1:15.2	I'm missing you guys in camp though.
1:16.9	I know, I know I was pumped, I thought you would be there.
1:19.2	But people messed.
1:21.2	What?
1:22.2	Gotta be patient. I know. Patience is important, especially with injuries. Look at you.
1:26.7	So professional. Well, I first want to say that before we get started what I love about your story is that it's
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