Carli Lloyd Essay

“You have to fight harder, dig deeper, and prove all of the doubters wrong.” ~Carli Lloyd Carli Lloyd was named the top player of the 2015 Fifa Women's World Cup. She works hard at everything she does. Not only does she train almost every day and play professional soccer, but she also stands up for women's rights. Carli has been an advocate for “equal pay, equal play” in the Women's soccer league. For these reasons she is someone I am proud to say I look up to. Like many other athletes, she has had struggles to get to the top. Yet, she still manages to be one of the best, and fight for what she believes is right.

Carli Lloyd background
Carli Lloyd was born July 16, 1982 in Delran Township, NJ. Carli Lloyd has played soccer since she was five years old. She became a soccer star and later went on to playing at Delran High School. After high school she played at Rutgers University, (“Early Years and Schools.”) Carli Lloyd has had many accomplishments in her soccer years. At age 34 she is still making amazing accomplishments. She made history in the world cup by having the fastest hat trick in a U.S.A womans soccer game,

(three goals in one game.) She also was the the FIFA world player of the year, and she was the best FIFA womens player. She has also recently fought for equal pay and she got her way. And she wrote and published her own book called, When no one Was Watching. Carli Lloyd has had big accomplishments, and small accomplishments. These are not her only accomplishments but the ones that impacted her career. Whatever it is Carli is doing she will work hard at it until she gots it.

Challenges, Obstacles, and Lessons Carli Lloyd has learned
Carli Lloyd has faced many challenges, been through many obstacles, and learned a lot of lesson. One thing that Carly has had to face is being cut from the U-21 team in 2015, and being benched on the national team. Carli Lloyd had a hard time to stand out on the U-21 team. She was not used to not being the best on the team. Carli was not doing the best she could possibly do until her dad got her a trainer, his name was James Galanis. He helped Lloyd tremendously, and Carli was committed to it. James goal for Carli was to, “I am going to get her on the national team.” Carli has learned a lot from him. For example she learned that whatever she wants, or whatever she wants to do, she has to be committed to it and it has to be her number one thing. Soccer was her number one thing, and she stayed committed to it.
Family and Equal Pay
Carli Lloyd has not only had many challenges in soccer, but she has had many challenges with her family.

Since soccer has been her life her family and her were not that close. Because of some the decisions Carli has made that her parents disagreed with they have had different opinions. Carli says, ““When my father had open-heart surgery, nobody told me until well afterwards,” she writes. “When my sister got married, I was not invited.” This was hard for Carli because she had no other than her trainer James, and her boyfriend Brian to tell all of her great accomplishments to. Another challenge Carli faced was not getting the same amount of pay as the Men's U.S.A soccer team did. The women's team is one of the best in the world and they were not getting paid as much as the men's team. Carli had to stand up the federation when no one else

did.
Why Carli Lloyd is a Hero
Carli Lloyd is a hero in my eyes. Other then just playing soccer she has started clinics, where they get one on one time with Carli. Out of all the things she has done, the biggest thing she has done is fighting for equal pay. Not only did she fight for her generation but the following generations that will now get the same amount that the men's soccer team does. In the Hero’s Journey, it says, “The manner in which individuals complete their tasks and succeed in their journey largely influence their hero status,so one cannot forget to evaluate these courageous souls based on the cultures from which they can.” Carli Lloyd is courageous for standing up and fighting for equal pay. Woman should be treated the same as men, and Carli stood up to make sure that was going to happen.
Conclusion
In the end Carli Lloyd has done many things to be considered a hero. She has fought for equal pay, she has helped out at places like clinics, and last she has made history. Carli Lloyd will work hard at everything she does, no matter what it is. She has had many challenges and obstacles to get by, but there is nothing that she can’t do. She will never give up on something, even if it means fighting for it for the rest of her life.