Carli Lloyd reveals when USA international camp "became toxic"

Carli Lloyd and Hope Solo ruffled some feathers on social media after the debut episode of the latter’s podcast launched earlier this week. 

The two former USA internationals discussed the recent equal pay settlement and the shift in culture in the international camp towards the end of their careers.

Lloyd has since appeared on FOX Soccer’s ‘State of the Union’ Podcast to discuss the issues she picked up on while on international duty.

Under the reign of Jill Ellis, the US national team heavily consisted of senior players, with few young talents being given an opportunity. 

“I know that experience matters, I know that veteran leadership matters but what we had in the last several years was not a good culture,” Lloyd said. “The mentality changed and it became toxic and it wasn’t good.

“So what do you do? You’ve got to change things up and like everybody, I’m going to be really interested to see how this is all going to unfold and what the roster is going to be going into the qualifying. Hopefully they qualify and get to Australia.”

The USA will be looking to secure their spot at the 2023 Women’s World Cup. They recently won their fifth SheBelieves Cup title after seeing off Iceland, Czech Republic, and New Zealand.

“There’s a hunger, there’s a fight and a there’s just a different feel from the group.”@CarliLloyd joins @AlexiLalas to discuss the fight the USWNT showed in the SheBelieves Cup and why it's a change from the “toxic culture” the team had developed recently ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/WnPCbh7sKA

Lloyd said “a lot of different things” contributed towards the “toxic” environment in the USWNT camp but mainly highlighted what she described as a switch in commitment from the players.

“I think what made this team so successful