FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

• Carli LLOYD

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  USA
• So often decisive when the stakes are high, Carli Lloyd was one of the major architects of USA's third FIFA Women's World Cup title, scoring a hat-trick in the final of Canada 2015, including a wonderful goal from the halfway line that helped earn her the adidas Golden Ball and adidas Silver Boot. That was followed up with goals in the nine consecutive games which followed. Now 33, the Houston Dash player has reached the peak of her powers at just the right time, with the Stars and Stripes adapting to life without a legend after Abby Wambach's retirement. Newly crowned as the 2015 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, Lloyd appears more than capable of picking up the baton.