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Carli Lloyd: U.S. women's soccer team isn't distracted by legal battle

FRISCO -- It's not every day that you're sued by your boss.

So it seems that U.S. Soccer's lawsuit against the women's national team might have caught the players' attention.

Not so, says team captain Carli Lloyd. They're too busy thinking about this week's Olympic qualifying tournament at Toyota Stadium.

"It's honestly been zero percent of a distraction," Lloyd said of the lawsuit. "It's between our legal team and between attorneys. We really had nothing to do with it.

"First and foremost," she told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "it's about taking care of business on the field.