Lloyd Scores Five As US Women Beat Paraguay 9-0

Carli Lloyd kicked off her farewell tour with a bang Thursday, scoring five goals to lead the United States to a 9-0 victory over Paraguay in a friendly international football match.

Veteran forward Lloyd, who announced in August her plans to retire, is slated to play four matches with the US women’s team this autumn.

She got a starting nod on Thursday and scored twice in the first six minutes.

Lloyd added two more goals in the first half and Andi Sullivan and Lynn Williams added a goal apiece as the Americans took a 6-0 lead at halftime.

Lloyd has 133 international goals in 313 appearances with the national team. She moved in front of Kristine Lilly for third on the career list.

“She’s an absolute legend, just being on the field, she’s a threat, no matter who we play, when we play, where we play,” U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski said. “Her mentality is something that’s unseen. She’s just hungry for scoring goals, just hungry to get better, and whether we play for a medal or we play Paraguay, it makes no difference. She wants to score goals.”