Retired soccer star Carli Lloyd and her husband, Brian Hollins, are expanding their family.
“Our family is growing, and we couldn’t be more grateful!” Lloyd, 43, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, April 19. “We’re soaking in every bit of gratitude, love, and excitement as we prepare to welcome another little miracle into our lives.”
She continued, “Being blessed with another baby still feels hard to believe, and our hearts are so full.”
Lloyd further revealed that she is due in September 2026, adding “Family of Four,” “IVF Journey,” “Grateful” and “Blessed” hashtags to her post.
In maternity photos, Lloyd cradled her baby bump while Hollins, 41, held up a sonogram photo. Their eldest daughter, 18-month-old Harper stood ahead of them, wearing an adorable pink sweater that read, “Big Sister.”
Lloyd and Hollins have been married since 2016. Nearly eight years later, they announced that they were expecting their first child. Daughter Harper arrived in October 2024.
“So very grateful for this amazing blessing in our lives. By far the hardest thing I have ever endured but the best thing I’ve ever done,” the retired soccer star wrote via Instagram at the time, announcing Harper’s birth. “I am so thankful for the amazing team that surrounded us and helped Harper enter this world.”
She added at the time, “We just can’t get enough of this little peanut. We love love you so much and will do our best to give you the tools necessary in life to be a good human being!”
Lloyd also joked that then-baby Harper was a “mini Brian” in an accompanying Instagram hashtag.
Prior to welcoming Harper, Lloyd told Women’s Health that she faced an “indescribable roller coaster” of a fertility journey.
“Being a mom was always something I wanted, but it wasn’t necessarily something that was always on my mind,” Lloyd told the outlet at the time. “As a professional soccer player, I was on the sole mission of becoming the best in the world. In order to get there, I knew soccer had to be my No. 1 priority. It would require a selfish mindset.”
Lloyd retired from pro soccer in 2021, but wanted to enjoy her post-athletic career before expanding their family.
“In the summer of 2022, Brian and I thought it was time to try to get pregnant and see where it would lead us. My whole life revolved around defying odds and proving people wrong,” she recalled. “The casual ‘whatever happens, happens’ turned into disappointment month after month. I was starting to feel like this was a race against the clock — my 40-year-old biological clock.”
