1 . Soccer star Carli Lloyd made history this year as a member of the United States women’s national soccer team, which won the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Lioyd became the first person ever to score three goals in a single game during a Women’s Would Cup Final, helping the U.S. beat Japan 5—2 in the final match. During that game, Lloyd scored an astonishing two goals within the first five minutes of play.

Lloyd was named the most valuable player of 2015 Would Cup and awarded the Golden Ball Trophy. In November, it was announced that Lloyd was on the short list for FIFA’s Puskás Award, for the season’s best single goal. The goal being considered was her third during the World Cup Final, which she shot from the field’s halfway line, 50 yards from the net. She is the only woman woman nominated this year.

Lloyd because a force in women’s soccer long before the U.S. team’s World Cup win. She grew up in Delran, New Jersey, a small town near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began playing soccer at age 5. By high school, she was a powerhouse in the sport. The Philadelphia Inquirer named her the best female high school soccer player in 1999 and 2000. She attended Rutgers University, in New Jersey, where she was a collegiate soccer star. She graduated as the school’s all-time leader in New Jersey, where she was a collegiate soccer star. She graduated as the school’s all-time leader in both points and goals.

Lloyd has won two Olympic gold medals. She has scored wining goals in many important matches, including the finals in both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. In all, Lloyd has scored more than 70 goals as a member of the women’s national team. She has also played on several professional teams, and is currently a midfielder with the Houston Dash, in the National Women’s Soccer League.

Off the field, Carli Lloyd gives back to her community by running a soccer camp for young people in New Jersey. She is a hometown hero in Delran; a local ice-cream shop even named a flavor Carli’s Cake Batter Cookie Dough Kick in her honor.