Carli Lloyd could have tried to set up a trade to Sky Blue FC at any time in the NWSL’s six-year history. So what made this the time when she requested a trade to the NWSL team that plays in her home state, and at her alma mater Rutgers?
A lot of factors, including some off the field.
“This is the first time in my career where I have actually requested to go home, to be home with my husband and live in our house,” the Delran native told the Inquirer and Daily News on Friday. “I’ve put my personal life on hold for 15 years of my career, and Brian [her husband] has always kind of come second, and he knows that, and he’s been super-supportive of that.