Carli Lloyd said she “didn’t see the confidence” in the U.S. women’s national team during its 2023 Women’s World Cup run while speaking to reporters at the FIFA Women’s Football Convention on Saturday. Here’s what you need to know:
- Lloyd said she “didn’t think this team was fit.”
- She added that the training sessions at the end of her career — which concluded in November 2021 — “were very easy and barely competitive and barely training. I can’t speak to how they were in the last year and a half and I wasn’t there, but it’s everything.”
- When asked about what Spain and England’s presence in the final indicates about their domestic leagues, Lloyd said the NWSL isn’t on the same tactical level as its international counterparts right now.
What Lloyd felt was lacking
“I think developing players at the youth level, mentally being able to persevere. I think you saw a group of players that maybe needed to be taught a little bit more about adversity or have a coach that could motivate, that could allow them to believe in themselves.
“I mean, I just looked at that team, and you didn’t see the confidence. You didn’t. You didn’t see the the aura, in any interviews in any postgame remarks that we’ve generally had over the last several…
