Carli Lloyd calls 2019 World Cup run 'worst time of my life': 'It sucked'

As a nation celebrated a magnificent 2019 World Cup run from the U.S. women's national team, one of its stars was secretly fuming. Carli Lloyd told former USWNT star Julie Foudy on her ESPN podcast that she was miserable in the aftermath of the 2016 Olympics and through this year's World Cup thanks in large part to her diminished role with the team. The 37-year-old spent much of her career starring as a scoring threat as a midfielder en route to winning the 2015 Golden Ball and being named FIFA Player of the Year twice.