carli lloyd was the oldest player on us women's soccer team to compete at the fifa world cup.
carli lloyd was the oldest player on us women's soccer team to compete at the fifa world cup.
oldest player on us women's soccer team to compete at the fifa world cup?
carli lloyd
on july 5, 2015, usa defeated japan 5–2 in the final of the 2015 world cup, claiming their third women's world cup title and their first since 1999. carli lloyd scored three goals in 16 minutes, including one from 56.9 yards out, achieving the fastest hat-trick from kick-off in world cup history, not to be confused with the record for briefest hat-trick (time between first and third goals), which is 5 minutes. with lloyd's third goal, telemundo announcer, andres cantor, shouted "gooooooal!" for nearly forty seconds. lauren holiday scored the winning goal and tobin heath scored the usa's fifth goal. with about 10 minutes left, abby wambach was subbed into the game, and it was the last world cup match she would participate in. the fans greeted her with a standing ovation and chanted her name. lloyd, wanting to honor abby further, placed the captain's band on her when she entered. lloyd said, "i wanted to make sure she put the armband on because she deserves it. she has been legendary to this team. she's been unbelievable. i'm so thankful i can call her my friend, my teammate, and i'm just so proud her last world cup she could go out strong." as abby entered the match, she high-fived her long time friend and japanese legend homare sawa, who, like abby, was playing in her final world cup. sawa had been subbed into the match in the first half. in the 86th minute, longtime team captain christie rampone was subbed into the game and became the oldest player to ever play in a women's world cup final. the crowd roared, as this was a further nod of respect from ellis' 2015 world champion squad to the 1999 championship team. rampone was the only member of the squad to have been in both championship teams.
history of the united states women's national soccer team
along with carlos valderrama, the country's most capped player, mondragón is the only colombian to have participated in five fifa world cup qualification campaigns. in 2010, he was recalled to the colombian squad at the age of 39 after a five-year absence from international football. in 2014, he was named in colombia's squad for the 2014 fifa world cup, making him the oldest player at the tournament, and in world cup history, at the age of 43, and the only squad member at the 1994 fifa world cup. he is also the only player to have participated in 6 different world cup qualifying campaigns since 1993. by coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute of the final group game against japan on 24 june 2014, he became the oldest player ever to play in a world cup game at the age of 43 years and 3 days old, surpassing the record set by roger milla for cameroon at the 1994 world cup. mondragón gave a very emotional interview afterwards, expressing his gratitude to have been given the opportunity to represent colombia one last time at a world cup. his record for oldest player in world cup history was broken four years later at the 2018 world cup by 45-year-old egyptian goalkeeper essam el-hadary.
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