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Watch World Cup MVP Carli Lloyd dunk show host by kicking into target

Carli Lloyd holds the World Cup trophy as she and other members of the U.S. women's national soccer team paraded down Broadway in New York, July 10, 2015. It's the first time the city has honored a women's sports team with a ticker-tape parade. At left is Mayor Bill de Blasio, at right, Megan Rapinoe. (Mark Kauzlarich/The New York Times)

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Carli Lloyd holds the World Cup trophy as she and other members of the U.S. women's national soccer team paraded down Broadway in New York, July 10, 2015. It's the first time the city has honored a women's sports team with a ticker-tape parade. At left is Mayor Bill de Blasio, at right, Megan Rapinoe. (Mark Kauzlarich/The New York Times)
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
July 15, 2015

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James Corden, host of The Late, Late Show, must have known there was a good chance US soccer team captain Carli Lloyd was going to kick the ball into the target and dunk him into a tank of water - and that is exactly what happened.

After all, she’s an MVP.

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After complaining that the balls needed to be inflated, Lloyd dunked the fully clothed Corden on her third try.

(Skip to 2:15 to see the kick that hits the target and the dunk.)

Lloyd was given the Golden Ball Trophy as the World Cup’s best player after racking up six goals and one assist.

Read more about Lloyd here.

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