International soccer pro to attend soccer camp

US women's scoocer pro, Carli Lloyd, will be attending the Dream Out Loud Foundation's 'Arie Smith Soccer Camp' on December 17th and 18th, 2012, at the Ed Bush Stadium in West Bay. The Camp will run from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.each evening and is free for boys and girls to attend. Lloyd will greet and take pictures with the campers and tell her motivational story about her journey as a professional soccer player. Carli Lloyd is a member of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and has played for various clubs in the Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) league. She has over 140 caps for the U.S. National team and 41 goals.

She is a two time Olympic Gold Medalist – scoring the 2 winning goals in the finals against Japan in the recent 2012 Olympics and the overtime game winner against Brazil in the 2008 Olympics. She also won silver at the last Women’s World Cup in 2011. Lloyd was a student-athlete at Rutgers University where she was named “First Team All – Big East” for 4 years running. She was also named the U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year in 2008.

Dream Out Loud is a non-profit organization promoting and providing opportunities for young girls through football (soccer) in the Cayman Islands and empowering and educating them about leadership on and off the field. Over recent years women’s soccer has grown tremendously around the world and in the Cayman Islands.

Arie Smith is a young Caymanian soccer player and founder of the Dream Out Loud Foundation. She is currently a senior student at Kennesaw State University. Her goal is to further the development of programmes and initiatives for young women in the Cayman Islands. Her commitment to the Dream Out Loud foundation is a way for her to give back to her community in the Cayman Islands through a sport that she is passionate about.
Interested parties can call 345 925-3103 or (345) 916-3977 or visit the foundation’s facebook page at:

www.facebook.com/DreamOutLoudFoundation

The foundation can also be followed on Twitter:

www.twitter.com/DreamOutLoudFdn