As a professional athlete, Carli Lloyd plays on the highest stages. Carli plays for the United States National Soccer team and currently just signed a contract to play in the European league for Manchester City. Soccer players come in all shapes and sizes yet this woman defies it all. Going through a rough family life, Carli still seems to always find a way to the top. Being a “role model” for younger girls, Carli has portrayed herself as a dominant, strong, witty, intelligent, person and her social media, interviews, and websites portray that. Carli Lloyd is a thirty-four-year-old soccer player and captain of the Women's United States National Soccer team. As a captain, Lloyd shows great leadership, consistently, love, dedication, encouragement,
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Due to the low payment from the Women's United States National Soccer team, most of her website is filled with other ways for Lloyd to make money. It offers soccer camps, the opportunity to buy gear and her book, All Heart. Although her website mostly promotes sales, however Carli also has a special place where fans can contact Lloyd and she will respond (Lloyd). She is good with communicating with her fans but through her website she requests that you do not ask for an autograph but other than that you are free to send her a letter and she will get back to you when she can. Lloyd page also has many ways to connect with her social media accounts, and the latest updates on her matches, press, and her life off the field. The Carli Lloyd Official website also incorporates a photo and video gallery of Lloyd, on and off the pitch. Although all her social media accounts look like Carli personally runs them, however her website does not. Another thing people can find on Carli Lloyd’s website is all her sponsors: Xfinity, Visa, Hand and Stone, NJM Insurance Group, Nike, USA Soccer, Heineken, Krave, Lifeway, Beats by Dre, Whole Foods, Missions, United, and all the current soccer team she is on …show more content…
The Women’s United States National Soccer team has been ranked number one for the past decade yet the Men’s United States National Soccer team gets high wages and the highest ranking they have reach was ninth in 2009 (USA Today). The men’s current ranking is thirtieth yet the women’s is ranked number one with 2140 points, that is nearly thirty-one points ahead of the second ranked women’s team in the world (FIFA).
The top players on the women's team are paid about $72,000 a year by U.S. Soccer, along with bonuses, to play in a minimum of 20 exhibitions a year and their male counterparts would earn $100,000 minimum for appearing in the 20 games before the opponents and outcomes are figured in, according to the complaint. The men receive larger bonuses for wins. (USA Today)
Not only are the wages highly different, the equipment, fields, and traveling styles are highly different. Carli Lloyd, leading the stand, with other women’s national players are using the bigger stages like the Olympic and the World Cup to voice the unfairness of the different pay. Lloyd voices her opinion on the subject very professionally and honest. Although it is not always the best word choice but the passion and fire behind it is what people
Due to the low payment from the Women's United States National Soccer team, most of her website is filled with other ways for Lloyd to make money. It offers soccer camps, the opportunity to buy gear and her book, All Heart. Although her website mostly promotes sales, however Carli also has a special place where fans can contact Lloyd and she will respond (Lloyd). She is good with communicating with her fans but through her website she requests that you do not ask for an autograph but other than that you are free to send her a letter and she will get back to you when she can. Lloyd page also has many ways to connect with her social media accounts, and the latest updates on her matches, press, and her life off the field. The Carli Lloyd Official website also incorporates a photo and video gallery of Lloyd, on and off the pitch. Although all her social media accounts look like Carli personally runs them, however her website does not. Another thing people can find on Carli Lloyd’s website is all her sponsors: Xfinity, Visa, Hand and Stone, NJM Insurance Group, Nike, USA Soccer, Heineken, Krave, Lifeway, Beats by Dre, Whole Foods, Missions, United, and all the current soccer team she is on …show more content…
The Women’s United States National Soccer team has been ranked number one for the past decade yet the Men’s United States National Soccer team gets high wages and the highest ranking they have reach was ninth in 2009 (USA Today). The men’s current ranking is thirtieth yet the women’s is ranked number one with 2140 points, that is nearly thirty-one points ahead of the second ranked women’s team in the world (FIFA).
The top players on the women's team are paid about $72,000 a year by U.S. Soccer, along with bonuses, to play in a minimum of 20 exhibitions a year and their male counterparts would earn $100,000 minimum for appearing in the 20 games before the opponents and outcomes are figured in, according to the complaint. The men receive larger bonuses for wins. (USA Today)
Not only are the wages highly different, the equipment, fields, and traveling styles are highly different. Carli Lloyd, leading the stand, with other women’s national players are using the bigger stages like the Olympic and the World Cup to voice the unfairness of the different pay. Lloyd voices her opinion on the subject very professionally and honest. Although it is not always the best word choice but the passion and fire behind it is what people