{"id":35238,"date":"2019-10-19T16:01:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T16:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35238"},"modified":"2019-10-19T16:01:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T16:01:03","slug":"carli-lloyd-is-serious-about-becoming-an-nfl-kicker-after-finishing-her-uswnt-career-im-entertaining-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35238","title":{"rendered":"Carli Lloyd is serious about becoming an NFL kicker after finishing her USWNT career &mdash; &#8216;I&#8217;m entertaining it&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static1.businessinsider.com\/image\/5da75f92cc4a0a19574a3684-2000\/carli-lloyd-kick.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Carli Lloyd kick\" \/>AP Photo\/ Matt Rourke<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> US Women&#8217;s National Team( <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/category\/uswnt?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">USWNT<\/a>) sun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/category\/carli-lloyd?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Carli Lloyd<\/a> travelled viral in August after nailing a 55 -yard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/category\/field-goal?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">field goal<\/a> at the Philadelphia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/category\/eagles?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Eagles<\/a>&#8216; training camp. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/carli-lloyd-nfl-teams-contacted-her-field-goal-eagles-camp-2019-8?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Some NFL teams contacted her with real interest<\/a>, even offering her a listing spot for their final preseason plays. She passed as the offers conflicted with her USWNT schedule. She said on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8m1QpkfJwv?amp=1\">ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;Laughter Permitted&#8221; podcast<\/a> this week that she is still &#8220;entertaining&#8221; taking her talents to the gridiron after her illustrious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/category\/soccer?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">soccer<\/a> vocation &#8220;re coming&#8221; a close. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/?hprecirc-bullet?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Visit Business Insider&#8217;s homepage for more stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/category\/fifa?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">FIFA<\/a> World Player of the Year, Olympic gold medalist, and World Cup winner Carli Lloyd has stirred her call on the soccer tar, but the United States Women&#8217;s National Team( USWNT) chieftain is seriously considering take her talents to the gridiron.<\/p>\n<p>The 37 -year-old striker proceeded viral on social media in August when she nailed both a 40 -yard and 55 -yard field goal with relative ease at the Philadelphia Eagles&#8217; training camp. The showing left football followers salivating and calling on their favorite teams to give her a shot in the NFL. In a recent appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8m1QpkfJwv?amp=1\">ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;Laughter Permitted&#8221; podcast<\/a>, Lloyd revealed that she&#8217;s seriously &#8220;entertaining&#8221; the idea of doing just that.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/uswnt-carli-lloyd-nfl-kicking-career-could-happen-2019-10?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">See the rest of the story at Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOW WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/tiger-woods-net-worth-successful-golfer-makes-spends-millions-2019-6?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Tiger Woods has won more money than any other golfer. Here&#8217;s how he makes and invests his millions .<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See Also \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/uswnt-carli-lloyd-world-cup-worst-time-of-my-life-2019-10?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">USWNT captain Carli Lloyd said the 2019 Football world cup was &#8216;absolutely the worst time of my life&#8217;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/steelers-fans-take-over-chargers-stadium-terrible-towels-2019-10?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Steelers devotees took over the Chargers&#8217; home stadium as the team continues to struggle to attract followers 3 years after moving to Los Angeles<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/waiver-wire-week-7-pick-ups-2019-10?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Top 13 waiver-wire pickups for Week 7 of fantasy football<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=VU7NvzLHcJM:0oPkiJgene4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=VU7NvzLHcJM:0oPkiJgene4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=VU7NvzLHcJM:0oPkiJgene4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=VU7NvzLHcJM:0oPkiJgene4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=VU7NvzLHcJM:0oPkiJgene4:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=VU7NvzLHcJM:0oPkiJgene4:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=VU7NvzLHcJM:0oPkiJgene4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=VU7NvzLHcJM:0oPkiJgene4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~4\/VU7NvzLHcJM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~3\/VU7NvzLHcJM\/uswnt-carli-lloyd-nfl-kicking-career-could-happen-2019-10\">feedproxy.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP Photo\/ Matt Rourke US Women&#8217;s National Team( USWNT) sun Carli Lloyd travelled viral in August after nailing a 55 -yard field goal at the Philadelphia Eagles&#8216; training camp. Some NFL teams contacted her with real interest, even offering her a listing spot for their final preseason plays. 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