Citing the desire to pursue a 'unique opportunity' and her continual search for "different challenges," Carli Lloyd has signed a short-term contract with English club Manchester City Women.
Lloyd, the two-time reigning FIFA Women's Player of the Year, will stay with Manchester City throughout the Football Association Women's Super League's Spring Series, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
If she returns from England in a timely manner, the latest Lloyd would return to the Dash is early June. That would give her plenty of time to play a bulk of the NWSL season, which begins in mid-April.