![]() But the numbers tell only part of the story because none of them came easily. Some of those records were ones even Lloyd didn’t know she owned. And she’s also the only person, of either gender, to score a hat trick in a regulation-length World Cup final, getting three goals in the first 16 minutes of the 2015 final with Japan. She’s the only player to score the winning goal in three Olympic medal matches, twice clinching gold. Her club career, which spanned 12 years with six teams on two continents, included another 46 goals in 131 games. are the fourth-most in international soccer history. ![]() She also participated in a record 47 world championship matches - 25 in the World Cup and 22 in the Olympics - and her 134 goals for the U.S. Lloyd played in 316 games in three different decades for the U.S., the second-most international appearances of all-time. Wherever she lands figures to be a step down from a playing career that produced a long list of unparalleled accomplishments. ![]()
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