THE BEST FIFA WOMENS PLAYER 2016 Carli Lloyd WINNER

Not since Martas astonishing run of being named the worlds leading womens player five times in a row ended in 2010 has any woman won the top award in consecutive years until now. After a stellar 2015, in which the USA No10 led her side to FIFA Womens World Cup glory and claimed the top individual award in the womens game, 2016 has been a year of personal consistency, if not collective triumph for Carli Lloyd. Her goalscoring rate remained at a remarkably high level, but USA failed to finish on the podium at a Womens Olympic Football Tournament for the first time in their history, after quarterfinal elimination by Sweden. We can learn from this moment. It will make us hungrier. You best believe in 2019, we re going to win a World Cup, a determined Lloyd said after Rio 2016.