U.S. women’s national team legend Carli Lloyd is lacing her boots up again. But don’t look for her in the National Women’s Soccer League.
Lloyd will be playing with a collection of former USWNT teammates in The Soccer Tournament, a seven-aside competition. Entering its third year, TST has doubled the size of its women’s competition in 2025, inviting 16 teams to vie for a $1million, winner-takes-all prize.
Lloyd, who coached in the tournament in 2023 and 2024, will take the field alongside former team-mates Ali Krieger and Heather O’Reilly — the first time the trio has shared the pitch since 2016.
The U.S. Women, as the team calls itself, played against men’s sides in the tournament’s inaugural edition and returned again last year, defeating a team representing the NWSL’s North Carolina Courage to claim the tournament’s first women’s title.
TST, which will run from June 4 to 9, is hosted at WakeMed Sports Park, the home of the Courage.
“I had such a great time last year being part of the U.S. Women coaching staff,” Lloyd said in a press release. “This year, it’s time to lace up my boots and reunite with some of my former teammates – Heather O’Reilly and Ali Krieger – and help the U.S. Women win back-to-back TST titles!”
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