The only thing that surprised me is her having the guts to tell it like it is.

LOVE when she said, I haven’t kicked a ball since my last game, I truly left it ALL on the field for 17 years…❤️

The problem with equal pay sadly is. If I work for a company as a salesman and I bring in 20k but the best salesman brings in 200k. We both are doing the same job but I am bringing in 10% of my co worker. Should we be payed the same salary? I think not.

Lloyd was one of my FAV players, on and off the field. Truth miss Lloyd, truth.

I consider Carli one of the top 3 best US female players which represented the USA with class and professionalism. It's funny watching this interview with Alexi Lalas who did nothing but advocate for less playing time for Carli for the last 4 or 5 years of her career in favor of younger players. However, Carli's resiliency and ability to come up big in crucial matches proved him wrong over and over again making her the top female CLUTCH player this team has ever seen. Good luck to Carli and I hope she is enjoying her retirement!!

If you represent the USA , playing soccer and getting paid for it,, you need to respect the flag!!

Bless this Woman! She was and is the Class of US Soccer.

To have Carli of all people admit this is a complete shocker to me, as she LITERALLY destroyed the Nadeshiko’s defense by herself in 2015 😭

" a wonderfur healthy does of perspective " Amen. Thank you Carli!!!❤

Love Carli Lloyd and Julie Ertz.

Carli was like the only one who didn't kneel down in olympics

The coach should kick out all the players who do not respect their country.

They specifically rejected the mens deal in favor of less risk and more guaranteed benefits... Then after winning realized they could make more under the men's contract. Complained they weren't getting pay and tried to void the agreed contract. Now they split money from the men whilst still having the benefits the men don't... If this isn't sexism against men... I don't know what is. Maybe the men's should have same benefits outta their pockets? No no... That's just crazy.

Carli Lloyd was always my favorite behind Wambach/Solo and this just solidifies that 💯

Prophetic words from Carli after the pathetic display I saw in the group stage from this women's team.

One of the greatest World Cup finals performance ever by either gender. Don't know the internal politics of the star players but Floyd ranks up there with the best. She put the pizazz in USWNT soccer.

Top 4 US women's players of all time in my humble opinion - Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm, Abby Wambach, and Carli Llyod

This age well. Today

It's interesting that she said that the team became complacent after the 2015 Word Cup when most people would describe it as the opposite. Jill Ellis started the new culture to bring in fresh talent and pushing out vets that she felt weren't good enough anymore.

Lalas twice mentioned that the announcement by USNWT team meant that the men’s team acceptance of the agreement was a fait accompli. That the women’s team would not have made the announcement if the men’s team had not already accepted the terms. This is an incorrect assumption. The reality is that the announcement was purposefully meant to apply pressure to the men’s team in the court of public opinion. Now, if the men do not negotiate their CBA with the women’s interest in mind, they will be branded misogynistic, sexist, etc….. BTW, what the women are asking the men to do would be like the NBA players pooling their salaries and splitting it 50/50 with the WNBA players.

That's why it's called the US national team, to represent your country not yourselves.

Carli is the Goat.

Lloyd is awesome! Absolutely awesome! We in the the U.S. love her!

I will never forget that picture of the players kneeling, and there was Carli Lloyd standing. That picture said it all about that young lady.

Carli gives Hope Solo all this credit for being a "fighter" yet, wasn't Hope Solo the first person to bring toxicity to the locker room after a loss in which she didn't have things go her way?

Alexi the master of monologue questions. You almost forget who the guest was

It would have been gutsy for her to speak out while she was on the team. Let’s not forget she recanted some of these statements soon after this interview. Still, what a great player she was!

Love you Carli, u speak the truth

God, Alexi Lalas is insufferable.

Love Carli's goal when she caught Japan's goalie napping.

Not surprised it became toxic, you can kind of tell it has.

Carli was a great player and scorer of goals and spoke very well. Alexei, if you had Megan Rapinoe on I wonder how that would turn out ? She's not for me but it makes me wonder how you would handle an interview with her.

Apparently the culture was so toxic and players were so focused on their brand that they went out and won another World Cup in 2019. Lloyd grumbled about her lack of playing time during the 2019 WC, but by the time the tournament started Ellis had already made up her mind that Lavelle was going to get those minutes instead. Whatever issues Lloyd has with Ellis, Morgan and especially Rapinoe, the record shows that, toxic culture or not, Ellis's belief in the squad she chose for the 2019 WC was the correct call.

I hate to accept the fact that Carli has really retired. I enjoyed her soccer skills as part of USWNT

Love Carli ❤

"the culture was toxic" aka I don't agree with people kneeling during the anthem, got it.

Well, well. How the turntables! This women was right!

Top 5 female players of all time the young lady is a class act and a proud American i would love to see her coach this team

Carli is right about the environment surrounding the team but is still dumb for pursuing this “equality” they got paid more than the men’s team, end of story.

It was toxic before 2015. At the controversial match in London 2012 semi final versus Canada. Schadenfreude. Karma’s a beacchh

Well said Carly. 👍

She is a class act!

Carli, you are my Ms Amweica. Thanks.

Why would you disparage a team that you couldn't score against? Rapinoe did that as well. A player with class is a player who is humble in defeat.

As a fan of soccer/futbol I support Carli Lloyd.

I thought this might happen with women's sports. Where ever there is gold...

Yeah because it's cheaper to settle than it is to go around around with these kinds of cases just like he said she said

alexi trying to hide the smirk from knowing he just struck gold with this interview is absolutely priceless lol

bravo and thanks to Carli Loyd

Translation: Rapinoe's decision to kneel was about one thing: building her brand! The fact it backfired and will cost her millions in lost endorsements is poetic justice. 😂

One thing she said which is very interesting (and goes unmentioned a lot) is the team's financial success is contingent on winning. One thing the USWNT (and even the Canadian women's national team) could count on was continued success vis-a-vis their male counterparts to the point where the average person could name more female soccer players in either country than the men. In a bittersweet way, that era is, unfortunately, looking to be coming to a close as both the Canadian and American's men's soccer teams field the best teams they've ever had and are hosting the '26 World Cup. At the same time, the rest of the world is getting better at the women's game and so the dominance the U.S. once had is fading (see their failure to qualify for the gold medal game in Tokyo). Unfortunately, for women's sports, people seem to like dominance; the Williams sisters, the hype around Michelle Wie in women's golf, UConn in women's college basketball and, of course, the USWNT. If they can no longer be that, Carli is right, they're going to be in a tougher situation.

Inequity? Really? Its women's sport, not a cash generator

Nice interview. Interesting insight. Very grounded person.

Carli Lloyd quit soccer at the time when the US was dominant and the rest was playing catch up. The way the game is played now is very different from 3 years ago. Look at this WC: Jamaica sends Brazil home, Japan wins over Spain, Colombia beats Germany, South Africa kicks Italy out. European teams have tons of good competitions: Champions League, European Cup. European Leagues are growing and getting better. Not an excuse, but our young players don't get that type of exposure, while young players like Oberdorf, and Walsh get it constantly. That is an advantage for European teams and it shows. Regarding the toxic culture she is referring to, I believe adult women have the ability to compartmentalize and leave their business off the field. Yes, they make commercials, they get endorsements, they find ways to make more money, it is all part of the game. The fight for equal pay was picking during the 2019 world cup and, still, the US was a solid, almost unbeatable team. It was during that time and the 2020 Olympics that Lloyd started to complain about her playing time and started throwing shades at coaches and players alike. She had some weird actions like running after they lost to Sweden and expecting her teammates to do the same. It seems to me she was the "my way or the highway" type of player/person. That conduct is also detrimental to the rest of the group. Her attitude was part of the toxicity she likes to talk about. Also, as far as I know, she didn't say NO when her paycheck came after the equal-pay agreement. Other player's exposure brought her big benefits, and while those players were in courtrooms and offices she was silent. You don't get to enjoy that win and then trash the people who made it possible.

She's a great player but she literally complained to Jill's boss because she wasn't getting playing time. She felt entitled to playing time and refused to acknowledge that younger players were simply better than her at 37. She thought it was "toxic" that she was a bench warmer.

And part of that culture extends to a lot of the fan base on twitter tbh. Complete mob mentality when someone doesn't agree about a particular player or topic. Obviously there are awesome open minded fans too, who know how to disagree respectfully. But others? Not so much.

Oh wowwww you mean to tell me the people going around screaming or just being all snide and snarky how toxic everyone else is are actually the toxic ones? What a stunning surprise.

Complacency is the killer of champions. The US women's team will make way more than any other team at the past world cup even though they never advanced past their first knockout game. The even split between the men and women's tournament purses is the worst thing that ever happened to them. I'm sure they will be crying all the way to the bank when they get their massive checks thanks to the men's prize pool subsidizing them.

Thanks Carli! I was a huge supporter but have to admit women’s soccer lost our families interest with all the drama.

Nothing but respect for Carli for speaking the truth

Carli Lloyd helped built the great women's soccer fanbase...and Rapinoe is destroying it!

Excellent interview Alexis!!❤

I had read about Carli's "toxic" comments but am glad to actually hear it from her rather than others and their interpretations. I don't personally know any of the players but would just say that a) Carli has been a truly great player b) that she is entitled to her views c) that was only a small part of this interview and d) she and Solo are the only members of the team who have expressed that unhappiness as far as I know. So I am left with the impression that if the climate was "toxic" it was for her and Hope, not the rest. Maybe that impression is wrong, but bottom line I will always root for these women - all of them.

Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan and Julie Ertz are an American Legends for me and they are true American Patriots.😊😇🥰🤗

"Inequities". Therein lies the fallacy, once again. The "inequities" are a matter of culture and economics as they relate to culture. Not a matter of "fairness" or a violation of equal pay or civil rights law. Mens soccer - most sports in general - simply generates much more interest and money than women's. The only "fair" way to address it is to convince more people to consume your product, like I already do.

Why do people act every players are bestfriend, each players have their view on a team, they are intitle to their opinions

Of course, Heath, Press, Morgan, Ertz will be back in the mix. Vlatko is auditioning players...not necessarily transition. Playing Sweden, England, France, Germany would be completely different. And Vlatko didn't get everyone quality chances. Cook, Macario, Smith, Davidson, Sullivan all started in each game. Hatch should have gotten more time. I don't byy the "toxic" culture, especially coming from someone who will complain about not starting...having to split time with Morgan. The things that made the team succesful was in place in 2019 in the WWC....Lloyd got spotlight , endorsements, brand... Heath and Press was not what she describes. They didn't get complacement. I am sorry. I don't buy have of this. Maybe the Olympics represented some coaching issues, some lineup issues, etc.. But i don't buy most of this. Toxic is also harsh

Playing for the flag of your country should never be about the paycheck. This is the flaw of the entire argument that the woman have to rely on the country they play for for a paycheck. What about the olympic athletes that work at homedepot? The men dont rely on the flag to play soccer for money. If it wasnt for nepotism in the sport in this country half the girls wouldnt even be on that team the pool is so deep.

A little success often has a corrosive and dementing affect on people, and convinces them that they’re right about everything.

The uswnt has been lying about what happened since the original bargaining agreement. They were offered the same deal as the men, they rejected it for a different one. At the time they even claimed they won a huge battle for womens rights. Then a couple years later they sued for discrimination. The judge rejected their case because it’s obviously not discrimination if you’re offered the same deal as the men. Public opinion is absolutely not on their side. Anyone who thinks that is in an echochamber. They’re routinely mocked on all neutral social media sites now. It’s not gonna be easy for the new generation because this generation has alienated the country and made them villains. I do like how she’s clearly calling out Rapinoe though.

Carli said that after 2015, the endorsements started coming in. And players started to think about, "how can I get an endorsement, build my brand?" and you know what, I get it. Those endorsements were probably worth as much as their paychecks, maybe more. And these players are not paid 10s of millions of dollars like the men. So for some of them, they started to focus more on that stuff. I think the same thing started happening this past season with FC Barcelona femení. After winning the treble in 2020-21, the amount of attention on them was insane, and the endorsements started flowing in. In 2021-22, you could tell players were trying to stand out individually more, also players were getting some endorsements here and there. For me personally, I thought it was a little sad. Barca's game is based on connection and sharing, and I felt that some of that went out the window with this new culture. In the end, they didn't end up winning the treble in 2021-22, and I don't know, but maybe part of that was because they moved away from what made their game magical.

3:11 She says the quiet part out loud. Comparing the women's national team to multi-BILLION dollar professional leagues is delusional.

And it stopped being toxic once a certain player retired from the USWNT, Oh hello Hope So, I mean Carli Lloyd.

Therefore, when we get what we want as a group, we love the benefit. But once I see that I can benefit from an individual level, I feel comfortable separating from the pack and protect the assets that I’m cashing in. Greed is something else.

Absolutely a class act.

Love Carli! The National team needs more Carli's & less Rapinoes & Morgans!

Carli is great but short-sighted. Equal pay makes zero sense in sports and entertainment. You don’t have the same “job” as anyone. You should get paid based on what revenue you generate. It’s like saying the best wnba player should be paid the same as Lebron James. Or that the band Nickelback should be paid the same as Taylor Swift. They are all entertainers. The gaslighting on equal pay needs to stop.

After the latest women's world cup, the uswnt got paid 7 million after bringing in 3.5 mill in revenue. If we are being fair, isnt the uswnt overpaid?

Didn’t we know now that the female team chose the path of more certainty with guaranteed benefits, over higher pay per game in their collective deal??? It’s like after winning a lottery, you cannot choose monthly payments and lump sum payment at the same time.

I wish one day carli Lloyd be uswnt coach .

U have to search for these videos, they don’t get recommended. Such is the hypocrisy of social media.

While their skills at soccer are waning I see their mathematical skills continue to suffer. Right now these "spokespeople" on USWNT must be replaced. I have NO IDEA what Rapinoe was even doing on the 2023 team. She selfishly took a spot that should have gone to a young and upcoming woman. Anyone that watched Rapinoe play (which was few and far between) knows she was god awful. Its time to clean house with the USWNT. They are no longer known for their prowess on the pitch but known for their hysterical drama in the press and frankly it is hurting the next gen. I know I'm not alone is saying I have had my fill of Rapinoe. USWNT = WNBA

She dodged the question pretty well, but the Hope Solo comments are clearly a sore subject. I don’t understand why Hope would undermine and trivialize the efforts of her peers like that.

People have different political beliefs and the ability to express those beliefs. That’s not toxic, that’s how a democracy works. If you want to stifle someone’s political beliefs, that’s the opposite of democracy. Now, that would be toxic.

I totally disagree I think they will loose support from the general public. The settlement is ridiculous. The women only make money in World Cup mens soccer is heads and shoulders better to watch.

Is Carli open to coaching? She sounds like she has a fire that is needed.

Worth noting - the women wanted to give their lawyers nearly $8m, but Hope Solo successfully objected. Lawyers who … lost the case in court.

Great. 😊😊😊

Equal pay : great, now FIFA games are just a "job", MEN US can play (down) at same level as Women US, age 14 boys - or retired Men . . .

It’s not equal performance so they don’t deserve equal pay.

This is fascinating, I didn't realise she was saying this a year ago. So although I have some doubts about all the anti-"woke" (hate the word and will only use it in quotes.......) comments, the fact she's been saying this for some time gives her views credibility.

"This game is evolving so fast on the women's side" - - Fast forward to World Cup 2023.

Major respects for coming out and saying it...I know she didn't say names but there's a couple people I think we all know who are responsible for some of the problems. (Pino and Solo)

The woman’s soccer players should focus on marketing their brand vs focusing on suing for more money. Build your brand and the viewership will follow, more viewers in entertainment means more money. I personally can’t name 5 people who watch woman’s soccer.

nothing about past presidents here,, just respect; the lives dedicated to this country,,, i get why they don't, care for the flag,,, but there are platforms for that,,, not during national anthem.

We the People saw it...esp the older jocks...disappointing. ty carly

Watching to see when the first Lia Thomas joins the team, this drama will be quickly forgotten

Carli Lloyd confirms what everyone noticed looking from the outside in.

Why don't these women ever mention how much they bring in compared to how much they're asking for? Mentioning MLB and the NBA, lol, women's soccer doesn't even bring in 15% of what those leagues do.

The WNBA and Woman's World Cup team are now both surviving by the support of men.