Carli Lloyd made her 200th cap a good one last Friday, serving as team captain and scoring the only goal (a header off a cross from Julie Johnston) in the USA's 1-0 quarterfinal win over China.
Equally important, Lloyd and her teammates took the level of play up a notch, which they will need to maintain in tomorrow's semi-final against Germany. The Germans beat France in a shootout.
Juliet Macur wrote in The New York Times, "So with Rapinoe in the stands and Wambach on the bench, Lloyd wore the
captain’s armband, and that armband turned her superhuman. She and that
armband were everywhere. Pushing the ball forward. Stealing it back.
Running it down. Grabbing the team by the scruff of its neck and leading
it to a win."
Andrew Keh's game story in the Times also featured Lloyd, whose goal was her 65th in international play.
On to Montreal to face the powerful German side.
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