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<p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script><ul><li>Carli Lloyd joins <em>Cold as Balls</em> with Kevin Hart</li><li>Reveals USWNT influence</li><li>Shares struggles of competing with other sports</li></ul>

Carli Lloyd explains to comedian and actor Kevin Hart how 'competing with other sports' made it difficult for the USWNT to grow their fanbase

<p>On the latest episode of <em>Cold as Balls</em> on the LOL Network, Lloyd joined Hart to discuss her USWNT career and how she helped shape the landscape of women's soccer. The 41-year-old shared that during the first few years of her storied career, they struggled to attract crowds, but the 2012 World Cup changed everything for them.</p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="362" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Q46Z2lb19SY" title="YouTube video player" width="644"></iframe>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>She said: "The first time I started with the national team, we could barely get 5000 People in the stands to, you know, 83,000 at the 2012 Olympic final, it's been incredible thing…. winning helps, I mean that brings in fans that want to follow, you know, it's been tough here in the US to compete with so many other sports, but I just think that the sport is just grown tremendously. And I think that it's just going to getting better and better and then World Cup 2026 is going to be here on the men’s side."</p>

WHAT LLOYD SAID

<p>The USWNT won the 2012 Olympics, with Lloyd scoring a brace that handed them a gold medal in a 2-1 victory over Japan. Attendance for the final celared 80,000 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Throughout her 14-year career on the international stage, Lloyd scored 124 goals in 268 goals and won two World Cup crowns - in 2015 and 2019.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>She's now taken up an analyst role with FOX Sports, among others, and has embraced her role of being both controversial and honest with her on-air takes. During the 2023 World Cup, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/questioning-heart-carli-lloyd-criticizes-flat-uswnt-1-1-draw-netherlands-womens-world-cup/blt772b271aec22c14a" target="_blank">she questioned the 'heart' of the players on the pitch,</a> but <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/carli-lloyd-reacts-to-backlash-of-her-criticism-of-the-uswnt/bltbcd9d2d742e6af46" target="_blank">backlash from media, fans and even players followed</a> - with Lloyd accepting her role of being the antagonist to viewers at the tournament.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR LLOYD?

Carli Lloyd explains to comedian and actor Kevin Hart how 'competing with other sports' made it difficult for the USWNT to grow their fanbase | Goal.com

Ex-USWNT star Carli Lloyd joined Kevin Hart&apos;s Cold as Balls show to discuss her USWNT influence and more.

Carli Lloyd explains to comedian and actor Kevin Hart how &apos;competing with other sports&apos; made it difficult for the USWNT to grow their fanbase