New Jersey Stage Issue 48 | Page 23

SPORTS Carli Lloyd From Delran, New Jersey, Lloyd is the all-time leading soccer scor- ing midfielder and one of the greatest overall goal scorers in U.S. history. Her many notable goals include the game-winner against Brazil in the 2008 Olympics; two goals in the gold medal win against Japan in the 2012 Olympics; and a hat trick in the 2015 World Cup Final. She won back to back FIFA Woman’s World Player of the Year Awards in 2015 and 2016 (only the second American and fourth female player to accomplish the feat). Her best selling memoir, When Nobody Was Watching was published in 2016. Watch Carli Lloyd get inducted NJ STAGE - ISSUE 48 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 23