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‘I’m not the Carli Lloyd from five years ago’ - USWNT star artfully transitions into new role

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The two-time FIFA Women's Player of the Year is adapting to a new position, and using her brain to compensate for the effects of age

Carli Lloyd is well aware that she’s a different player now than she used to be.

At 36, of course, it is only natural. But where some players may quickly drop off a cliff as they enter their mid 30s, Lloyd is using a new role to gracefully extend one of the most decorated careers in U.S. women’s national team history.

For most of her career, Lloyd has been a midfielder.