LLOYD CARLI

• Carli Anne Lloyd married her high school sweetheart Brian Hollins in November 2016


• She earned a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Sport Studies from Rutgers University.


• In 2017, she was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey.


• Serves as mentor and mental toughness coach for her former youth club, the Medford Strikers.


• At the start of 2016, she was honored by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association as its athlete of the year.


• Published a best-selling memoir in the fall of 2016 titled “When Nobody Was Watching”


• Was named the Women’s Sports Foundation Athlete of the Year and the March of Dimes Foundation Woman of the Year in 2015.


• In 2013, she was named to the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni.


• Was a 2012 Glamour Women of the Year.


• Lists biggest influence on her soccer career as personal coach/ mentor James Galavis.


• Had a flavor named after her at a local ice cream shop: “Carli’s Cake Batter Cookie Dough Kick”


• Won the 2008 Native Son Award from the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association, only the second woman to earn the award since it was first awarded in 1991 (other winners include Mike Piazza, Eddie George and Rich Gannon).


• A big fan of Barcelona and Liverpool, but enjoys watching futbol games at every opportunity.


• Favorite players are Iniesta, Messi and Coutinho.


• Enjoys playing golf and getting great tips/lessons from her husband.


• Loves getting manicures and pedicures.

Unparalleled Work Ethic
While Lloyd has always been a soccer junkie – the kid who always polished her cleats, the one at the field playing for hours, she she still “had no idea what it took” to get to the next level. Post-college, Lloyd began developing the intense work ethic and commitment to fitness she’s now known for. She remembers the first time she was told to run for fifteen minutes, "I was like, 15 minutes straight? I'd get a side cramp, I'd be totally gassed. Now I go on 90 minute runs no problem. Before, I couldn't do 15 minutes." Since then, Lloyd and her career have both come a long way, and a lot of it has been because well, now she knows. "If it’s a holiday, if I am training on Christmas Day, most likely nobody else is – and that gives me the edge. If I’m supposed to run for 20 minutes and I get back and it’s only been 19:34, I’m going to jog in a circle for 26 more seconds. I’m never going to cut it short. I know what it takes now."

CAPS/GOALS - 259/102