The United States women’s national soccer team said goodbye to Carli Lloyd on Tuesday night, sending her off with one more win, a 6-0 defeat of Korea Republic at Allianz Field in Saint Paul, Minn.

It was a statement victory for the USWNT after they drew with Korea Republic 0-0 last Thursday, bringing the team’s 22-game home winning streak to an end.

Lindsey Horan, who will wear Lloyd’s No. 10 in the forward’s retirement, got the USWNT on the board first with a deflected shot off of a South Korean player in the ninth minute.

That pass from @sophsssmith 👌 and smooth finish from @LindseyHoran. Her 24th career goal for the #USWNT. pic.twitter.com/86Syqp913x

— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) October 27, 2021

An own goal in the 45th minute off of an Andi Sullivan header put the USWNT up 2-0 heading into the half.

Now, that's how you close out the first half. 🙌 https://t.co/UjWHgNxC4t pic.twitter.com/eWmBqMnY1c

— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) October 27, 2021

In the 69th minute, Megan Rapinoe delivered a dazzling outside-of-the-foot pass to Alex Morgan in the 6-yard box, who slotted it between the legs of the Korean goalkeeper to make it 3-0.

That Rapinoe ➡️ Morgan connection was a thing of beauty. 😍 pic.twitter.com/wsj2axIpZT

— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) October 27, 2021

Rapinoe drilled one into the top of the net for a goal of her own in the 85th minute.

Goodness, Pinoe. That was CLEAN. pic.twitter.com/6M2YCEgVY9

— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) October 27, 2021

With the clock winding down, Rose Lavelle kept the pressure on Korea Republic’s defense. The midfielder tallied another one in the 89th minute to give the U.S. a 5-0 lead.

Those Rose Lavelle runs though. Always making it look easy 👌 pic.twitter.com/aIhExbyOZD

— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) October 27, 2021

Finally, in stoppage time, Lynn Williams finished a through-ball from Tobin Heath to put an exclamation point on the 6-0 win.

A Lynn Williams late-game goal? Yes please. pic.twitter.com/wzpdqXmVA3

— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) October 27, 2021

In the 65th minute, Alex Morgan subbed on for Lloyd, who made her way off the field to chants of “Thank you, Carli!”

She removed her cleats for the final time, after a 17-year career wearing the U.S. crest. She then peeled off her jersey, revealing one underneath with her married name, “Hollins,” on the back.

👏👏 @CarliLloyd walks off the field for the last time in a @USWNT jersey 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/GTGo4FzVCb

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) October 27, 2021

“It has been an honor,” Lloyd said postgame. “I have been absolutely grateful for every opportunity that I have stepped out on this field. I hope that you know that I gave it everything I had for every single one of you.

“Thank you to everybody who has played a role in my journey, I can’t thank you enough.”

Chelsea FC listed star striker Sam Kerr on next week’s 25-player Champions League quarterfinal squad, with manager Sonia Bompastor confirming the UK team's roster move on Thursday.

After 15 months off the pitch, the 31-year-old Australia national team captain is nearing the end of a long road back from a January 2024 ACL tear, recently re-joining training sessions with the Blues.

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Even so, Bompastor said it will be difficult to predict when Kerr will be able to make an official return to the pitch.

Kerr's inclusion on Chelsea's Champions League team is partially due to UEFA guidelines, which require the competition's quarterfinalists to lock in their rosters for the contest's next three rounds — which won't wrap up until the May 25th final.

Chelsea is banking on Kerr being available sometime before the close of the European tournament, though Bompastor's recent comments seem to be tempering expectations that the attacker will return for this month's quarterfinals.

"Sometimes even if you have high expectations, it doesn’t go the way you want," Bompastor told reporters on Thursday. "If we have positive news and she can bring into the team her experience, but also her competencies, it will be great."

While the WSL-leaders are hopeful to see Kerr on the UWCL pitch, the Australian's inclusion means that Chelsea left USWNT prospect Mia Fishel off of the Champions League roster. The 23-year-old is continuing her own recovery from an ACL tear, which she suffered mere weeks after Kerr's injury.

Ultimately, the Blues are aiming to return both standout players sooner rather than later, with Bompastor focusing on her athletes' individual journeys.

"I just want [Kerr] to feel like the main focus for her will be to work really hard, be the best version of herself," the Chelsea boss said.

How to watch Chelsea in the Champions League quarterfinals

While the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League quarterfinals begin on Tuesday, March 18th, Chelsea will kick off their two-leg contest against fellow WSL side Manchester City at 4 PM ET on Wednesday, March 19th, with the pair's second UWCL match set for the same time on Thursday, March 27th.

All UWCL matches stream live on DAZN.

Fresh off announcing their 2024/25 Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) semifinalists on Tuesday, the Naismith Awards dropped this year’s National Player of the Year (POY) semifinalist lineup on Thursday, with four NCAA basketball stars earning spots on both elite lists.

Eight of the 10 athletes in the running for POY hail from Top 10 teams, with all players coming from programs who finished the 2024/25 NCAA regular season with an AP Poll ranking.

With three semifinalists each, the ACC and SEC lead the field. The Big Ten boasts two POY semifinalists, while the Big 12 and Big East each claim one.

Only one team — No. 8 Notre Dame — saw multiple players named as POY semifinalists, with two Irish standouts making the cut.

Snagging nods on both DPOY and POY shortlists are No. 4 USC sophomore JuJu Watkins, No. 8 Notre Dame sophomore Hannah Hidalgo, No. 10 LSU senior Aneesah Morrow, and No. 1 UCLA junior Lauren Betts — the only center to earn a POY semifinalist spot.

Five guards join the four defensive standouts, including No. 3 UConn senior Paige Bueckers, No. 6 TCU grad student Hailey Van Lith, No. 8 Notre Dame grad student Olivia Miles, No. 13 Kentucky grad student Georgia Amoore, and No. 23 Florida State junior Ta’Niya Latson.

Rounding out the 2024/25 POY contenders is No. 5 Texas sophomore Madison Booker, the only forward named to the list.

Star turns have Naismith semifinalists topping the NCAA

On the Division I scoring sheet, Latson and Watkins top all other NCAA players with 24.9 and 24.6 points per game, respectively. Hidalgo's 24.2 average also puts her as the nation's No. 4 scorer.

Capping her season as the No. 3 dime-dropper is Amoore, who averages just under seven assists per game.

As the nation's top overall and best offensive rebounder, Morrow's 27 double-doubles on the season — five more than any other Division I player — helped secure her DPOY and POY semifinalist spots.

Meanwhile, Miles also owns an elite multi-stat NCAA position, finishing 2024/25 regular-season play as the only DI athlete to post three triple-doubles.

Five of the 10 semifinalists have already claimed some POY hardware for their 2024/25 performances, with Hidalgo, Van Lith, Bueckers, Watkins, and Booker all earning the honor for their respective conferences.

Notably, lone Big East representative Bueckers already owns a Naismith POY Award. The Husky booked the honor in 2021, and still stands as the only freshman winner in the award's now 42-year history.

Ultimately, just four of the 10 Naismith POY semifinalists will move on to March 25th’s final round, with the 2024/25 winner to be crowned on April 2nd — two days before the NCAA tournament's Final Four tips off.

The Unrivaled playoffs have arrived, with Sunday’s 3×3 basketball action determining the two teams who will compete for the grand prize in Monday night’s final.

The inaugural league's two-day postseason will open with Sunday's semifinals. No. 3-seed Laces BC will first face-off against No. 2 Rose BC, with the No. 1 Lunar Owls taking on No. 4 Vinyl BC in the nightcap.

The winners will then go head-to-head on Monday, battling it out in the championship with a $50,000-per-player payday on the line.

"It’s money on the line," Lunar Owls guard Courtney Williams said earlier this week. "Anytime money is on the line, I think everybody has to up the ante."

After blasting through the regular-season with five more wins than any other club, Unrivaled co-founder Napheesa Collier's Lunar Owls are the heavy favorites to hoist hardware, particularly if Rose BC — the only team to defeat the Lunar Owls all season — is without 22-year-old star Angel Reese, who exited the regular-season finale after seemingly re-aggravating her surgically repaired left wrist.

Top athletes earn first-ever All-Unrivaled honors

While teams prep for postseason action, the offseason league handed out end-of-season awards on Thursday, minting its debut All-Unrivaled First and Second Teams.

After tallying ballots from players, coaches, and media members, top scorer Collier earned a first-team nod, alongside the league's next two most prolific points-getters, Laces wing Kayla McBride and Rose guard Chelsea Gray.

Lunar Owls guard Skylar Diggins-Smith, Vinyl wing Rhyne Howard, and the aforementioned Reese landed on the second team after excelling in assists, three-pointers, and rebounds, respectively.

All six All-Unrivaled players will feature on this weekend's court, with Sunday's lineup offering a final opportunity to see some of the sport’s biggest stars in what’s been a wildly successful debut for the league.

How to watch the 2025 Unrivaled 3×3 Basketball playoffs

Unrivaled’s first-ever playoffs tip off with Sunday's semifinals, starting with the Laces vs. Rose at 7:30 PM ET before the Vinyl's battle with the Lunar Owls at 8:30 PM ET.

The victors will then clash in Monday's championship game at 7:30 PM ET.

All three Unrivaled playoff games will air live on TNT.

As the 2024/25 NCAA basketball Selection Sunday looms, the Ivy League is tipping off its two-day conference tournament on Friday, with an automatic ticket to March Madness on the line in Saturday's championship game.

Compared to behemoths like the 18-team ACC and Big Ten, the small eight-school conference sent two squads to 2024 NCAA tournament, where Columbia fell in the First Four before West Virginia defeated Princeton in the first round.

This year, Ivy League No. 1-seed Columbia took the conference's outright regular-season title with a 13-1 league record, while the No. 2-seed Princeton Tigers and No. 3-seed Harvard Crimson also posted winning runs, following the Lions with respective 12-2 and 11-3 Ivy resumes.

Only half of the league's eight teams make the conference showdown, and the Penn Quakers eked out the No. 4-seed spot on a tiebreaker, clinching their sixth Ivy League tournament berth after finishing the season locked up with the Brown Bears.

Columbia looks to stay atop Ivy League entering March Madness

Princeton has dominated the Ivy in recent years, earning 11 March Madness trips in the NCAA tournament's last 14 iterations and making two national second-round appearances behind now-UConn starter Kaitlyn Chen.

However, Columbia is the conference favorite this year, with the Lions taking aim at their second-ever NCAA tournament appearance.

Columbia's first March Madness trip came just last year, buoyed by the team's all-time leading scorer and the program's first-ever WNBA draftee, Connecticut Sun guard Abbey Hsu.

While the Lions are expected to take this weekend's title, booking a likely NCAA tournament No. 11 seed alongside the Ivy League's automatic bid, ESPN’s Bracketology currently has the conference fielding three teams in the national bracket — both Princeton and Harvard are predicted to snag one of the final four at-large spots on Sunday.

All in all, breaking into the outer margins of the NCAA tournament bracket is no small feat, but March Madness rests on the premise that even the smallest conferences can change the game with a single upset.

How to watch the 2025 Ivy League conference tournament

No. 1-seed Columbia will tips off Friday's semifinals against No. 4 Penn at 4:30 PM ET, before No. 2 Princeton and No. 3 Harvard battle at 7:30 PM ET.

The winners will face-off for the conference title and the Ivy League's automatic March Madness bid on Saturday at 5:30 PM ET.

Both Friday semifinals will air live on ESPN+, with ESPNU broadcasting Saturday's championship game.