Carli Lloyd left in white scores a goal against Japan in the final game of the 2015 World Cup WORLD’S BEST Carli Lloyd sprinted to the goal The ball bounced in from her right She stretched with her left foot and punched the ball with her toes It streaked into the net for the first goal of the game 4
Carli and the United States Women’s National Team USWNT were playing in the 2015 World Cup final game It was a tough showdown against Japan The winner would be the world champion The game had just started but Carli’s goal helped her team relax Carli celebrates a goal against Japan against Japan 5
A few minutes later the USWNT was on the attack again A US player passed the ball to the front of the net Carli circled to her left as the ball bounced around US and Japanese players kicked at it But it came through to Carli She jumped and tapped the ball into Carli left fights to keep the ball from a Japanese player 6
Carli won the Golden Ball award at the 2015 World Cup The award is given to the World Cup’s best player the net with the side of her foot The US lead grew to two goals Fourteen minutes into the game US player Lauren Holiday scored Japan couldn’t slow down the USWNT About two minutes after Holiday’s goal the ball bounced to Carli in the middle of the field There were Japanese players all around her With nowhere to go Carli launched the ball toward the Japanese goal It soared high above the field The Japanese goalkeeper got her fingertips on the ball But she couldn’t keep it out of the net Carli had scored a hat trick in just 16 minutes She was the first woman to score a hat trick in a World Cup championship match 7
