The driving force behind the success of Carli Lloyd,this week recognised as the best female player in the world, hails from suburban MelbourneRarely has a player – male or female – dominated a World Cup final like Carli Lloyd did as USA won the third world title in Canada final year. The attacking midfielder scored a hat-trick inside 16 minutes with the star of the show doing exactly as she pleased during the first half, and as whether a central figure in a video game. After match-by-match improvement over the course of the tournament,Lloyd dominated physically and even mentally on the titanic day to become a World Cup winner. And on Monday she sat among the biggest names of world football in Zurich, being named 2015 women’s world player of the year. Related: Carli Lloyd: complicated, and inconsistent ... and officially the world's best Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com