The two-time FIFA Women's Player of the Year is adapting to a new position, and using her brain to compensate for the effects of age
Carli Lloyd is well aware that she’s a different player now than she used to be.
At 36, of course, it is only natural. But where some players may quickly drop off a cliff as they enter their mid 30s, Lloyd is using a new role to gracefully extend one of the most decorated careers in U.S. women’s national team history.
For most of her career, Lloyd has been a midfielder.