Across the scoreboard, Americans seem to dominating at the Beijing Olympic games. Ranging from Michael Phelps' superhuman record-breaking 584,683,785 gold medals (j/k - it was 8) to the nation's favorite US Gymnastics gold metalist Shawn Johnson, the US continues to rack `em up and soccer is no exception. 

Carli Lloyd has just kicked the US women’s soccer team into an Olympic gold medal. The US and Brazil had played an intensely heated tied game until finally heading into a 30-minute tiebreaker round.

The overtime came in handy footy as the Rutgers alumna and New Jersey native Lloyd kicked the game’s first and last goal earning them victory in the game against Brazil. Both teams continued to play their best until the clock stopped making the US soccer team gold medalists.

This US soccer superstar graduated Rutgers in 2004 with a BS in exercise science and sports studies. She spent her college career playing midfielder on the university’s soccer team and was named the 2004 Big East Midfielder of the Year.

Lloyd went on to become a member of four Nordic Cup Championship Teams and joined the US team in 2004 and was later named MVP and awarded a laundry list of titles. 

So outta the way, Phelpsie! It's time to hand over the torch to Carli Lloyd for she will carry it proudly!