![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She scored a historic hat trick during the final match that year against Japan, with her third and final goal of the game widely described as one of the greatest soccer goals of all time. team in 2015 to its first World Cup Championship since 1999. She has since been named to the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni and has been inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.Ī veteran of four Women’s World Cup tournaments, Lloyd led the U.S. Raised in Delran, New Jersey, Lloyd attended Rutgers University and set school records as the all-time leader in points, goals and shots for the Scarlet Knights. She is a two-time recipient and one of only four Americans to be awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year, the most prestigious and highest award in soccer. Women’s National Soccer Team, Lloyd has represented the country in the past four Women’s World Cup tournaments and scored the winning goal in the finals of both the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2012 Olympic Games in London. ![]() She will be joined by her trainer, Danny Madaroski, who is also a volunteer women’s soccer coach at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Carli Lloyd & Danny Madaroski Elon University Fall ConvocationĪ two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup Champion, soccer legend Carli Lloyd will deliver Elon’s Fall Convocation address in Schar Center. ![]()
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