AUSTIN, TX - JUNE 16: Carli Lloyd #10 of the United States controls the ball against Nigeria during a WNT Summer Series game at Q2 Stadium on June 16, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by John Todd/ISI Photos/Getty Images) Carli Lloyd is headed to her fourth Olympics after all.The 38-year-old Lloyd had vowed after the 2019 World Cup that she would push to make the team for Tokyo before stepping away from the sport.
But then the games were pushed back a year because of the coronavirus, and Lloyd needed surgery on her knee.So making the 18-player roster was by no means a slam dunk for Lloyd, who scored three goals in the opening 16 minutes of the 2015 World Cup final in Canada.Vlatko Andonovski announced his Olympic squad on Wednesday.