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Lloyd’s farewell.Image: Illustration (Getty Images)An American legend is riding off into the sunset.Carli Lloyd officially announced her retirement from soccer on Monday. The two-time Women’s World Cup champion and two-time gold medalist…

Carli Lloyd, a former world player of the year who was one of the United States women’s national team’s career leaders in goals, games and honors, announced her retirement from soccer at age 39 on Monday.Lloyd will finish the season with…

She wept at first, allowing her tears to soak into the grass at Kashima Stadium, and then she ran, meaning her sweat could follow the same course. Carli Lloyd would literally be leaving everything she had on the field. Lloyd told us so…

Over an illustrious international career which began in 2005, Lloyd earned 312 caps -- the second all-time record in US and world history behind only Kristine Lilly (354) -- and scored 128 goals. In a statement released by US Soccer, it was…