Carli Lloyd Research Paper

Carli Lloyd is a famous soccer player who plays for the US women's soccer team and good role model for many, including myself. She has accomplished a lot in her career and in her high school education through her persistence in goal setting. She set goals for herself to achieve and worked through high school and college to accomplish them. At the age of 5, Carli learned to play soccer. She has continued playing to the present. When she was 5, Carli played on a coed team and loved hanging out with the boys. That is where she developed her love for soccer. Growing up, her role model was her cousin Jamie because she was a really good athlete and Carli looked up to Jamie wanting to be as good as she was one day. Her other role models growing
up were Michael Jordan and Michelle Achers. Her biggest influence in her career was her trainer James Galanis.
Carli played on the Women’s Professional Soccer team for the Atlanta Beat from 2009- 2011. From 2013-14, she played for the Western New York Flash team where she finished off her season having scored 10 goals and advancing the team to the playoffs. When she was playing on the ///she was thinking about quitting because she felt like she was not helping her team enough, so she got extra training to become an impact player. Looking back and seeing how far she has come and how much she has accomplished helps motivate her to keep working hard. Carli has played on different teams in the past, each in which has helped build up her skills to where she is today. Played with Medford strikers club team, college nation team, the international U21 team, played on the Olympic team and now plays for the women’s US team. With the help of her trainer James Galanis, she moved up the ranks in different teams with also building a great friendship with him. Starting when your little can have a big impact on performance as u get older because it gives you more experience.

During her high school and college career, Lloyd went on to star at Delran High School.
There she was twice named the girls' High School Player of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer. As a high school athlete, she was known for her exceptional ball control and skill at distributing the ball from the midfield. During her senior year, she scored 26 goals and served eight assists She played on numerous club teams before her high school career. Through playing club soccer, Carli developed skills that would help her succeed in what she hoped would. She was named to the Star-Ledger All-State First Team twice. She was named the Courier-Post Player of the Year and the South Jersey Soccer Coaches Association Midfielder of the Year. After graduating high school, she moved to Rutgers University. There becoming the university's all-time leading scorer and the first player in school history to earn first-team all-conference honors for four consecutive years. Being the first athlete to do so at Rutgers, she was named First-Team All-Big East for four straight years. She ended her collegiate career as the school's all-time leader in points (117), goals (50), and shots. During her high school years, she started being rewarded for her hard work. She also played for the Medford Strikers club team as a teenager and helped them win back-to-back state cups. The Medford strikers team is very highly reputable club team when she played in still is to this day. When carli was on the Medford
strikers, that is when she learned most of her skills and started really finding the joy in soccer.

After making the women’s world cup soccer team, Carli earned many awards in her career and accomplishing her goals. She went on to be named the player of the year many times for her profession. In 2008 U.S. Soccer Player of the Year. In 2012 named FIFA World Player of the Year Shortlist, Glamour Women of the Year, NJ Sportswriters Woman of the Year. Made it in the NJ Youth Soccer Hall of Fame, and was a candidate for U.S. Soccer Player of the Year. In 2013 made it to the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni. In 2015 named FIFA World Player of the Year, U.S. Soccer Player of the Year and the March of Dimes Foundation named her sportswoman of the Year. She helped win the 2015 World Cup and scoring a hat-trick in the final. She won the world cup golden ball and silver boot awards in 2015 world cup series Being awarded the golden ball award was her career highlight and one of her most honored moments. When Carli is not competing or at practice, she runs a one-day soccer camp for kids ages 9-18. “The goal of this camp is to help you learn all the skills that have made me effective and to expose you to the basic mental habits needed to play at the highest level” (Carli Lloyd). At this camp, she teaches kids new techniques and takes them through drills to help them form new skills. For example, some of the things she teaches the kids are juggling, foot skills, dribbling, turning, receiving, passing, and shooting. Carli’s hard work was properly honored by receiving many awards throughout her professional soccer career.

By accomplishing her goals and being persistent in her line of work, Carli continues her dream as a professional soccer player while also teaching younger kids how to do what she does.