Carli Anne Hollins (née Lloyd; born July 16, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2008 and 2012), two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion (2015 and 2019), two-time FIFA Player of the Year (2015 and 2016), and a four-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016, and 2021). Lloyd scored the gold medal-winning goals in the finals of the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She also contributed to the United States winning the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and participated in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the U.S. finished second. Lloyd made 316 appearances for the U.S. national team, ranking second in caps, and holds the fourth-most goals and fifth-most assists for the team. In March 2021, she was named the highest paid female soccer player in the world. She played her last international match on October 26, 2021, and retired from professional soccer after the 2021 NJ/NY Gotham FC season.
During the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Lloyd became the first player to score three goals in a Women's World Cup final and the second player ever to score a hat-trick in any senior FIFA World Cup Final, after Geoff Hurst. She scored three goals within the first 16 minutes of the final, receiving the Golden Ball Trophy as the best player of the tournament and the Silver Boot for her six goals and one assist. Lloyd previously played for the Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue FC (now NJ/NY Gotham FC), and Atlanta Beat in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). In 2013, she was allocated to the Western New York Flash for the inaugural NWSL season and helped them win the regular season championship. After two seasons, she was traded to Houston Dash before the 2015 season and then to Sky Blue before the 2018 season. Her memoir, When Nobody Was Watching, was published in September 2016.
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