New Jersey native Carli Lloyd has been elected to the US National Soccer Hall of Fame

Carli Lloyd, Chris Armas, Nick Rimando and Mary Harvey were elected to the US National Soccer Hall of Fame on Tuesday along with former Major League Soccer manager Mark Abbott and will be inducted on May 3.

Lloyd, who scored a hat trick to give the USA victory over Japan in the 2015 World Cup final, took part in the voting for the first time and received 47 of 48 votes (97.9%) from the player selection committee. The 42-year-old Delran, New Jersey native scored 134 goals, third in U.S. women’s history behind Abby Wambach’s 184 and Mia Hamm’s 158, and made 316 appearances, second only to Kristine Lilly’s 354. She won the 2015 and 2019 World Cups as well as the 2008 Olympics and 2012. Lloyd was voted FIFA’s best women’s footballer in 2015 and 2016.

Rimando received 35 votes for 72.9% in his third round, up from 47.9% last year and 60.3% two years ago. The 45-year-old earned 22 caps, starting in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup and being a substitute at the 2014 World Cup. He played 20 seasons in Major League Soccer for Miami, DC and Salt Lake, winning titles with DC in 2004 and Salt Lake in 2009, as he was voted MVP of the finals.

Harvey received 23 of 24 votes (95.8%) from the Veterans Selection Committee. The 59-year-old was part of the USA’s first World Cup team in 1991, won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 and played 27 international matches.

Armas received 19 votes for 79.2%, even with Tony Sanneh and winning the tie-breaker based on the preliminary voting points. Last year, Armas had the most votes with Tisha Venturini-Hoch and lost in the tiebreaker. Armas, 52, was a defender who scored two goals in 66 international appearances. He missed the 2002 World Cup because he tore his right cruciate ligament in a friendly match before the tournament. Armas played for LA Galaxy and Chicago from 1996 to 2007. He coached the New York Red Bulls and Toronto and currently coaches Colorado.

To be elected, a person must appear on at least 50% of players’ ballots, and a third would have been elected on at least 75%.

Chris Wondolowski was third in player voting on his first ballot (28, 58.3%), followed by Lori Chalupny and Amy Rodriguez (both 27, 56.3%), Cat Reddick Whitehill (26, 54.2%), Keith Johnson (23, 47.9%), Kyle Beckerman (22, 45.8%), Chris Ahrens (21, 43.8%), Dwayne DeRosario (19, 39.6%), Jermaine Jones (16, 33.3%), Oguchi Onyewu (14, 29.2%), Robbie Keane (13, 27.1%), Chad Marshall (8, 16, 7%), Maurice Edu and Stephanie Lopez Cox (7 each, 14.6%), Carlos Ruiz and Shalrie Joseph (6 each, 12.5%) and Matt Besler and Yael Averbuch (3 each, 6.3%).

The person leading the veterans election will be elected if they receive at least 50%, and a second person will be elected if they receive 75%.

Tatu (15, 62.5%) was fourth in veteran voting, followed by Clint Mathis (12, 50%), Kevin Crow (9, 37.5%), Aly Wagner (7, 29.2%), Francis Faberoff (4, 16.7%). ), Lorrie Fair (2, 8.3%) and Lori Henry (1, 4.2%). Armas won the tiebreaker with Sanneh because he received more points for the provisional vote.

Abbott was hired as MLS’s first employee in 1993, became vice president of business affairs and served as president and deputy commissioner from 2013 to 2022. The 60-year-old received 19 out of 24 votes in the builders’ vote, which took into account coaches, referees and contributors. The top voter is elected if he or she was elected with 50% of the votes.

Clive Charles (16, 66.7%) came second, followed by Richard Groff (12, 50%), William Cox and Clark Hunt (10 each, 41.7%), Tim Leiweke (9, 37.5%), Kari Seitz (8, 33.3%). %), Lothar Osiander (7, 29.2%), Joe Cummings (6, 25%) and Burton Haimes (5, 20.8%).