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Carli Lloyd: the case for the GOAT

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    Carli Lloyd: the case for the GOAT

    Midfielder · USA · Born 16 July 1982, Delran, New Jersey, USA · Career 2005–2021

    Driving box-to-box midfielder and later forward, famed for her work ethic and clutch goals. Played 316 times for the United States and for several NWSL clubs.

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    Why Carli Lloyd could be the GOAT

    Lloyd is the ultimate big-game player. She scored the winner in two Olympic gold-medal matches and a hat-trick in the first 16 minutes of the 2015 World Cup final, including one from the halfway line. Then she won back-to-back FIFA awards.

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    Carli Lloyd is #7 of 20 in the fan ranking, with a 1–1 head-to-head record from 14 Women's football votes. See the full Women's football GOAT ranking

    Carli Lloyd head to head

    How the ranking works. Every head-to-head vote is a result, like a game. The standings use a Bradley–Terry model, the same idea behind chess ratings: beating a highly rated legend counts for more than beating a long shot. Ratings are shown on a chess-style scale centred on 1500.

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