The
celebration is still going on and keeping Carli Lloyd awake!
How
could you sleep when the excitement is so high? It becomes even more
difficult to stop celebrating when you're the soccer star Carli Lloyd
who helped her team bag an impressive win in the final of the 2015
FIFA Women's World Cup. She's earned the nickname "Captain
America" after helping her team clinch a victory in a tournament
the USA last won in 1999. Understandably, Carli has a lot to say
about her experience.
One
thing Carli said repeatedly was that her team wasn't playing for the
second place. They were at the finals, held in Canada, to win it. And
Carli felt there was something different about the team in the last
few matches that made her feel the victory would be theirs. In
fact, Carli mentioned that she imagined the same turn of events even
before the start of the tournament. The star who made her debut for
the US in 2005, claimed she had been visualizing herself celebrating
a convincing win, and her dream came true.
The
32-year-old midfielder played a big role in making it happen. Carli
Lloyd’s outstanding contribution to the memorable win was a hat
trick completed within the first 16 minutes of the game and the final
result was USA 5 - Japan 2.
She
said that celebration has become their first priority after putting
in a great effort on the field. She has also mentioned that things
are so beautiful and exciting after the victory, and it became even
better when she heard that US President Barack Obama had tweeted his
congratulations also.
