Biography of Carli Lloyd[Age, Height, Husband, Kids, Family, Salary, Award & Net worth ]

Carli Lloyd is a top-rated soccer player who has crossed all boundaries the society aligned for her.

Casually, when someone urges us about this wonderful game, what do we normally picture? Our very talented Messi and Ronaldo are wonderfully hitting the ball.

But, the question is, have we ever imagined Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Abby Wambach, or Carli Lloyd?

For the majority of us, it’s a big “no.” It is definitely because of certain boundaries the society has created.

Our very renowned footballer Cam Newton too, was spotted having the same mentality. The mentality assumes that girls aren’t capable enough to play or learn about this match.

Despite all this fuss, players like Carli Lloyd keep their heads up. They, in fact, answer these sick mentality questions with their game.

She is a slap to everyone who enjoys saying girls and football are two different worlds that can never meet or probably intersect.

Now, let’s dive into this lovely player’s journey who has proved the power of woman and soccer to all those weak mentalities.

Before we get going, let’s have a look at some of the quick facts.

Carli Lloyd’s Quick Facts

Full Name	Carli Anne Lloyd
Birth Date	January 16, 1982
Birth Place	Delran, New Jersey, United States Of America
Nick Name	Not Available
Religion	Christianity
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Education	Rutgers University
Horoscope	Capricorn
Father’s Name	Stephen Lloyd
Mother’s Name	Pamela Lloyd
Siblings	2; Stephen Lloyd, Ashley Lloyd
Age	40 Years Old
Height	1.7 meter (5 feet 57 inches)
Weight	64 kg
Shoe Size	Not Available
Hair Color	Dark Brown
Eye Color	Brown
Body Measurement	Not Available
Figure	Not Available
Marital Status	Married
Husband	Brian Hollins
Children	Not Available or none
Profession	Soccer Player
Net Worth	$2 million
Salary	Under review
Current Team	Sky blue FC and United States Women’s National Soccer Team
Affiliations	Not Available
Active Since	2005
Social Media	Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
Merch	Paperback, Jersey & Autographed Items
Last Update	August, 2022

Carli Lloyd | Early Life, Family and Education

Carli Lloyd, a soccer sensation, was born in Delran, New Jersey, the United States Of America, on January 16, 1982. She has siblings, namely; Stephen and Ashley.

She learned to play soccer at the early age of five. Carli learned playing by her own pickup games.

She said in one of her interviews about how she spent hours playing in her local field. She was attached to this wonderful game really soon.

Carli has been to the Delran High School, where she rocked her play too. She won the title of Girl’s High School Player Of The Year.

Carli, too, has been a part of the state-level championship of the teenagers. She played for the Medford Strikers Club team as a teenager.

Moreover, this is also the team she was involved in while she thought of being a part of the state-level championship.

Being in the team, she became the team’s reason to win back-to-back state cups.

Later, Lloyd became a part of Rutgers University. Here, she became the University’s all-time leading scorer. She has successfully impressed everyone with her amazing skills.

Carli looked incredible while she played. She never let the other player snatch her ball. We all can clearly imagine how superbly she held the ball and maintained it within her feet.

Carli Lloyd | Career

W-League Experience (1999-2004)

Carli played for W-League teams in the Central Jersey Splash in 1999, South Jersey Banshees in 2001, and  New Brunswick Power in 2000. It happened during the summer.

She played before her senior at the university, Rutgers.

Lloyd actively played for her teammates, Kelly Smith, Manya Makoski, Tobin Heath, and Heather O’Reilly.

The U.S.A National Team and 2008 Olympics

Carli Lloyd was a member of the national team of the United States Of America. That particular team had successfully won the Nordic Cup from 2002 to 2005 consecutively.

Gradually, she started to meet her local coach, James Galanis. This guy guided Lloyd, saying that the lady has to develop her physical fitness and develop her mental toughness.

The coach asked Lloyd to do so because having such a personality was really essential to match the world-class level.

Lloyd started to train herself harder. She started to train both her mental as well as physical fitness.

Later, Lloyd was given to the U.S. senior team, where she first made her first-ever international appearance.

She had successfully established herself as one of the key members of the team. Everyone aspired Lloyd to be a starring woman in the 2008 Olympics.

Lloyd and her team played against Japan. Here, she was the lone victor. Her goals were valued the most as she was the one who made the team win after such magical goals.

Over time, she scored the goals alone. The match this time was against Brazil. She miraculously beat the team. Lloyd successfully made her team earn a prestigious gold medal.

Moreover, she was entitled to the United States Of America Soccer Female Athlete Of The Year.

 Beijing Olympics of 2008

CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament, when held, Lloyd proved herself as a star. Afterward, in the championship, she received an opportunity of a free-kick.

By then, there was not a single goal scored yet. As soon as the opportunity was created, she grabbed it and rocked the free-kick as she earned the team’s first goal.

The U.S. also strongly defeated Canada 6-5 in penalty kicks. Also, she scored a winning goal of 1-0 against Japan.

She made game-winning goals against Brazil too. Later, she got the 2008 athlete of the year award too. Moreover, the award was received along with the other player, Tim Howard.

Women’s world cup qualifying (2009-2010)

2009 was the year when the U.S. national team became a total sum of eight games. Also, Lloyd was a startup line in all five of them.

She was the opening scorer of the team. Lloyd had helped the team to beat the championship against Germany. The score was 3-2 against Germany.

Although Lloyd suffered an ankle injury(broken ankle), she didn’t think of giving up. She broke her ankle during her fourth game.

By 2010, she completed playing fifteen matches in total. Similarly, beginning five matches she had begun with, she successfully scored two goals and made sure she was the opening scorer.

Lloyd’s tournament ended with a total of five assists. Later, she was titled as the Player of the Match three times, the entire tournament.

Soon, they flew to Italy for another match. During the entire series, Lloyd scored three goals along with five assists.

Also, she earned the 100th career cap during the second leg of the entire series.

FIFA Women’s World Cup (2011)

Carli has always successfully scored during an intense match. She is responsible for several winning matches.

During 2011 Lloyd scored lone goals. The match was against Sweden. Her terrifying goal made the entire team win. Hence, she broke her own set record again.

For the Algarve Cup, she scored three goals magnificently. This was for a championship. Lloyd was also entitled to the best goal for the tournament.

Again, this woman was crowned as the player of the match.

Subsequently, in the next match against Colombia, her team managed a result of 3-0. Afterward, she achieved her first-ever World Cup goal.

Moreover, she also tallied an assist, a goal. She set one lovely penalty kick in the shootout against Brazil that pushed her U.S. team to the semi-finals.

The semi-finals were against none other than a strong team France.

Unfortunately, the team couldn’t make it to the gold, but they successfully became a prestigious silver part.

2015 and 2019 FIFA World Cup

In 2015, the head coach Jill Ellis recognized Lloyd as the 23 player roster for the 2015 FIFA World Cup that was supposed to be held in Canada.

Being the captain of the team captained the entire team for all four matches, including the quarterfinal against China, the semi-final against Germany, and the final against Japan.

Throughout the tournament, the team scored six goals under her captainship. During the finishing, the team managed a hattrick in the opening.

The scores were made during the first sixteen minutes of the match. This miracle was done against Japan.

Eventually, the goals were recognized as the most remarkable goals of the women’s football team’s entire history.

Lloyd’s efforts led the team to a variety of great events. This was the time when this woman was handed the golden football. The title mesmerizes the player’s character and name even more.

Going through 2019, here, this woman scored in her first two games of the match. So, the first was against Thailand and the other against Chile.

Later, she became the first-ever player to score in six straight women’s world cup games.

Carli Lloyd | Achievements

So, most of her achievements are mentioned above already. Moreover, without any stretch, let’s give a peek at the awards she has handed over throughout her career.

Most of the awards she has won till now are; The Best FIFA Women’s Player in 2017, FIFA player of the year, FIFA Puskas’s Award, Glamour Award For the unstoppable, and many more.

Further, she has added a charm to her team by earning a variety of other awards too. Also, the other awards hold a huge prestige and value.

Carli Lloyd | Criticisms

How did it start?

Lloyd has once been highly criticized for a minimal issue.

She had just posted about the car on her Twitter account. Lloyd was just excited and thankful for the thing she got.

Lloyd posted about having the VW car and thanked the brand. People started to make a huge fuss about it.

People flung her in the name of show-off during such a fearful situation “pandemic.” The coronavirus smashed everyone, and people believe that Lloyd is harming some people’s feelings by posting that.

This generally didn’t make sense. A lot of the people also defended her, but the critics wouldn’t stop. In short, it is jealousy.

This is the post that offended a lot of the people around.

Also, #tonedeaf went viral. This hashtag was made to criticize and troll Lloyd.

Reply to the critics.

Because Lloyd is a fierce woman with guts, she doesn’t easily get hurt on such minor things, especially when it’s not even her fault.

Some people demanded Lloyd to apologize. Also, many people wanted her to delete the post. Lloyd soon came back with a reply.

She had to pass a reply to the people and pour water on the fire created unnecessarily.

As a result, here are the tweets she mentioned after a bulk of the criticism.

She tweeted, saying she doesn’t need to apologize for being excited or happy about having something.

Critics still didn’t stop after all this. But the queen didn’t care anymore. In conclusion, she was already done making her statement—the end of the story.

World Cup Criticism

This was the time when Lloyd was at the peak of her career. Also, had shocked everyone with her terrific skills.

However, Lloyd didn’t seem quite happy even after so many awards and appreciation. Later, she made a shocking statement in terms of the world cup she played for the U.S.

Moreover, when the interviewers persuaded her to share her experience, it led to shock everyone.

Because the reply wasn’t as expected. Lloyd answered that this was her worst ever experience.

Turned into a controversy

It is nothing concerned with the people. It is because Lloyd had experienced horrible things.

She had sprained her ankle when the team needed her the most. Lloyd couldn’t play for the team as her ankles needed heavy rest.

Despite all these, she tried but failed. This was the game that decided her worth, she said. Further, she also appreciated her teammate Megan Rapinoe for taking over the team magnificently.

Lloyd had only stated about the devastation she faced due to her ankle injury. But the critics took it to the next level.

People called her envious, stone-hearted, and whatnot. Her fans were mad, too, as they thought that she was ungrateful. They bashed on her saying that she sprained her ankle on purpose to make her team lose.

Also, people threw allegations that she was heavily involved in match-fixing and wanted to see her team unable to make it to the finals.

Later, the false allegations were made on her even after playing in such a miraculous manner. Further, people started adding up even more. In short, the public was ungrateful as they didn’t stop bashing the player despite such great efforts made by her.

They even blamed Lloyd, saying that now as the team made it to the finals, she feels sad as she was involved in match-fixing to make the team lose.

However, Lloyd thought to keep her mouth shut on such rubbish rumors people created for no reason.

Carli Lloyd | Personal Life

Lloyd is happily married to the love of her life, Brian Hollins. Her husband is a golfer by profession.

As both of them are related to sports, they get along really quickly because her husband is a golfer, so she often helps him celebrate golf claps.

Despite both being a millionaire, they are really down to earth and humble. They have respect for each other. Their love is also visible with many sweetening posts; they are both involved in their social media.

Carli Lloyd | Net Worth

Just like the saying, hard work pays off; Lloyd has proved herself. Despite everything, her efforts have led her to a higher level of life.

Her life is luxurious and beautiful today. Lloyd has an estimated net worth of $2 million today.

Lloyd owns a car by VW. She has owned several cars during her past, too. But this car is one of her favorites. Lloyd often shares pictures of having a ride-along with the car.

Both she and her husband are in love with the car they own. Despite dealing with millions of controversies, they own a beautiful smile.

Despite this, she also owns a grand and beautiful house of her own. Her house isn’t filled with a variety of luxuries despite being a millionaire.

Net Worth of Carli Lloyd in Different Currencies

Here is the net worth of Carli Lloyd in different currencies, including the cryptocurrency BitCoin.

Currency	Net Worth
Euro	€1,709,470
Pound Sterling	£1,460,090
Australian Dollar	A$2,756,682
Canadian Dollar	C$2,532,030
Indian Rupee	₹147,682,500
BitCoin	฿46

Carli Lloyd | Social Media

Instagram: 1.1 million followers (@carlilloyd)

Twitter: 909.7k followers (@CarliLloyd)

Facebook: 731k likes (@CarliLloydOfficial)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Is Carli Lloyd divorced?

Carli Lloyd isn’t divorced. Because she is happily married to the love of her life. Lloyd hasn’t come up with any kind of such things yet.

What is Lloyd’s salary?

Carli’s salary is still under review. Neither the team nor Lloyd herself has clarified anything regarding this. Also, as it is related to a player’s privacy, it might not be made public unless her permission.

Where does Lloyd reside?

Lloyd hasn’t made this public yet. She is really strict and introverted because she is not fond of mixing up her private life and professional life.

What is the Jersey Number of Carli Lloyd?

Lloyd wears the Jersey number of 10.

Has Carli Ever Done Bikini Photoshoot?

Carli has not yet done a bikini photoshoot.

Where did Carli and Brian’s Wedding Take Place?

The Couples wedding took place on a beach in Mexico.

When did Lloyd Joined Manchester City?

The Soccer joined Manchester City in the year 2017.

When was Loyd Traded to the Houston Dash?

She was traded to the Houston in the year 2104 in exchange for Becky Edwards, Whitney Engen.

Where did Loyd Conduct the Soccer Camp?

Loyd Conducted the Soccer Camp in Hamilton on November 7, 2020.

How far was Carli Lloyd’s Field Goal?

Carli Lloyd drilled a 55-yard field goal