Why is pia sundhage retiring

Lloyd, who was also named FIFA Women's Player of the Year twice, announced she plans to hang up her cleats after a series of national team exhibition matches in the fall. In her most recent national team outing earlier this month, Lloyd helped the US win a bronze medal in the women's soccer tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.

The World Cup champions had hoped for gold in Japan but losses to Sweden in group play and to Canada in the semi-finals dashed their top of the podium aspirations. Lloyd, who was the oldest player on the US Olympic team, has amassed caps, trailing only Kristine Lilly all-time in international play. Only four players have played or more times for their country in international women's soccer history.

The Olympian and her girlfriends, all of Asian descent, were waiting for a ride when a car came speeding by, yelling racist slurs at the group.

Rich Paul says the three-time All-Star is not ready to play right now. The former Browns star seems to have sent a lot of texts on Thursday, ranging from Taylor Swift's Red album release to the iconic Wicked Witch of the East debate. Home Soccer.

SI Recommends. College Basketball. By Wilton Jackson. By Justin Barrasso. We are both looking forward to starting this next chapter of our lives without my everyday grind of training and playing, but I will most likely need to another outlet for my competitiveness!

Perhaps that will be golf? She has started of her caps, coming off the bench 73 times, and served as team captain in the latter part of her career. She earned caps under Jill Ellis and under Pia Sundhage. Lloyd also played full international matches with more than different teammates.

I will always be thankful for the friendships I have formed along the way and the fact that I was able to play and compete with the best players in the world.

Not only has her longevity been truly extraordinary but her production as well. Her career goals are fourth all-time in U. Although she has played mostly forward in the latter part of her career, she is the highest scoring midfielder in U.

She has scored in 97 of her caps. She would win the Golden Ball as the best player in the tournament. She scored in all three Olympic medal games in which she played, bagging the game-winners in the gold medal games at the and Olympics while scoring twice — including the eventual game-winner -- in the recent bronze medal game victory over Australia in Japan in her final Olympic match.