All I needed to do to get my mom on board with going to a Sky Blue FC game was to tell her that Carli Lloyd would be playing. My mom’s love for the U.S. women’s national team veteran dates back a couple World Cups/Olympics now when she first heard there was a South Jersey player on the team.
“She’s from Delran, which is close to where I live and I love watching her play,” my mom said on the car ride home after seeing Lloyd score twice in a 2-2 draw with the Portland Thorns.