Soccer icon Carli Lloyd joins Fox Sports' broadcast team for 2023 Women's World Cup
Two-time FIFA women's player of the year Carli Lloyd will chronicle the U.S. Women's National Team's pursuit of a third consecutive World Cup title as part of Fox Sports' coverage of the 2023 tournament.
“There is only one Carli Lloyd, and we’re thrilled she’ll be joining Fox Sports in the Land Down Under for the biggest Women’s World Cup to date,” said David Neal, executive producer of the network's World Cup coverage.
Lloyd, the USA's all-time leader in World Cup and Olympic matches played, made her Fox Sports debut as an analyst last April before joining the network's coverage of the 2022 men's FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
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Lloyd earned back-to-back FIFA Women's Player of the Year honors in 2015 and 2016 , while also winning a pair of Olympic gold medals and two World Cup titles. She ranks third all time in USWNT history with 134 career goals, behind Abby Wambach (184) and Mia Hamm (158).
At the last Women's World Cup in 2019, Lloyd served as co-captain for the USWNT and scored three goals in seven games as the Americans defended the title they won four years earlier.
“I’m excited to officially be on board for the summer and back with FOX Sports after the fantastic experience with the broadcast team at the men’s World Cup a few months ago,” Lloyd said in a news release. “This will be my first World Cup since the amazing run we had in France in 2019, and I’m really looking forward to channeling those memories and sharing my insights when the tournament kicks off in July.”
The Women's World Cup, hosted by Australia and New Zealand, runs from July 20 to August 20.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Carli Lloyd: USWNT icon returns to Fox as Women's World Cup analyst
