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Carli Lloyd laid a cleat into a ball at midfield only 16 minutes into Sunday's World Cup final, and she knew where it would end up when she saw the shot in flight. Lloyd had just authored one of the most memorable goals in American soccer history. It was the third goal of the first hat trick ever scored in a World Cup final, delivered in less time than it took most fans to walk from FanHQ to the stadium earlier in the day.