Carli Lloyd shares her picks for the greatest women's soccer players

What's up, everyone? Carly Lloyd here, former professional soccer player, two-time World Cup champion, and this is Players Breakdown. In this episode, I am going to break down some of my top players of all time. Formiga, who played for Brazil, she played as a holding center midfielder. She was just unbelievable as a player, could literally do it all, dictate the tempo, had some creative flair, her passing ability, and she played for a really long time. She made everything look so easy. It was really hard to get the ball away from her. She always put herself into really good positions and was able to literally see what was happening around her on the field and break lines and make some key, key passes. Christine Lilly, who played in the midfield, played forward at time. I had the privilege and honor of being able to play Christine Lilly watched her play growing up she just always did all the dirty work she was a workhorse super fit could score goals an unbelievable teammate and I think one of the most underrated players in in the history of the game her iconic save off of the goal line in the world cup was was massive for them to be able to clinch that game I think Christine Lilly was just just so good at just being super steady her whole entire career. She was barely injured. She made the plays when they counted and she was an unbelievable player. Michelle Akers is somebody that I looked up to. Michelle Akers played midfield, she played forward at times depending on the formation, but she was just such an unbelievable player. I mean a player who you talk about would run through a brick wall to do anything to win. Winning was her middle name. She did whatever it took. She played through injuries. She often put herself in difficult positions to throw her body out on the line for her team and one of the most clutch and iconic players to put on the US jersey. Just the way that she went about herself in the game you know it wasn't about anything other than winning. She did whatever it took to win and you could see that. I never was fortunate enough to be able to play with her but watching her grow up wearing the number 10 jersey, seeing her compete, seeing her score goals in big-time moments, you know, that's when you look at players that really just take the game on their shoulders and do whatever it takes to help the team win. Marta played forward Brazil. She scored some really unbelievable goals against our team several times. One of the most impressive goals I have ever seen a player score was in the 2007 World Cup Brazil beat us very badly and she scored this unbelievable goal and you can't help but just take a bow for her in that moment it was it was unbelievable and she's just been a trailblazer someone who has done so much for the sport on and off the field and has just brought such a creative style that she will always be remembered for that you just saw me break down some of my favorite players of all time, some I got the privilege of playing with and against. Let me know in the comments who is your favorite of all time.