CARLI LLOYD ELECTED TO NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME IN FIRST YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY

About a half hour after producing one of the most remarkable performances in FIFA World Cup history on July 5, 2015, Carli Lloyd was trying to find the right words to describe what she and her teammates had accomplished.

“I don't think it’s entirely sunk in,” she said. “I’m so proud and so zapped at the same time. It is surreal. We just wrote history today, bringing the World Cup home.”

Not only had Lloyd recorded a hat-trick for the U.S. Women’s National Team in a 5-2 triumph over defending champion Japan, but she also completed the feat during an incredible 13-minute span in the opening 16 minutes of the game. Geoff Hurst is the only other player to tally a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup final, in England’s win over West Germany in 1966, but it took him more than 90 minutes to do so.

Lloyd earned the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player and the Silver Boot as the No. 2 goal-scorer, the signature moment of a career that boasted countless big moments.

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