The final ended with a U.S. victory: a score of 5-2 with a Lloyd hat trick, including one goal scored from midfield. “The three goals in 2015 — I could have had five,” Lloyd joked.

Lloyd is best remembered for scoring the game-winning goal of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2012 London Olympics and a hat trick in the gold-medal game of the 2015 World Cup in Canada.

Lloyd earned the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player and the Silver Boot as the No. 2 goal scorer of that year. She was also named FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017.

Lloyd was twice a FIFA player of the year, joining Hamm as the only American to win the award multiple times. She also won the Golden Ball award as the best player at the 2015 World Cup.

Lloyd, a two-time World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, is now a Hall of Famer. She’s one of the five people chosen for this year’s National Soccer Hall of Fame class, which ...

Lloyd is best remembered for scoring the game-winning goal of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2012 London Olympics and a hat trick in the gold-medal game of the 2015 World Cup in Canada.