It's safe to say 2017 was a year to forget for Carli Lloyd, but leave it to the two-time world player of the year to make sure she still got the final word in.
As the U.S. national team wrapped up 2017 with a 3-1 friendly win over Canada on Sunday in San Jose, California, Lloyd capped the scoring with an 80th-minute strike off the bench. It was just her second international goal of the year, and her first from the run of play.
That statistic speaks to the challenging 12 months Lloyd has endured. Having failed to leave her mark during the Americans' last-place SheBelieves Cup run in March, Lloyd embarked on an up-and-down loan with Manchester City.