Carli Lloyd turns 38 in July, a little more than a week before the 2020 Olympics were set to begin. In soccer years, that’s not young. So when the Tokyo Olympics were pushed back to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, one might have thought that would have been bad news for the two-time Olympic gold medalist, two-time Women’s World Cup champion and two-time FIFA player of the year.

It was not. The reason for the postponement was terrible, of course, but Lloyd actually is thrilled to have another year to prepare for what she said most likely will be her last competitive season in 2021.

“When you finish a World Cup, obviously the last two we’ve won, you reap the benefits of that, you get to do multiple appearances, and all these opportunities that have come our way, but then you have to switch gears for the Olympics right away,” she said in a phone interview Monday. “It’s manageable, and there is no doubt in my mind we would have been very well prepared, but it’s a little rushed.

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“Now, as life has closed down, I’ve gotten to re-shift my whole mentality as far as building up my endurance and my technique again,” she said of her workouts in her native New Jersey. “I look at it as another year to get better. Hopefully, I’m going to look back at this moment if I make the team and everything for Tokyo next year and treasure this moment because I’m getting so much out of it and it’s just amazing to be able to have this time.”

Lloyd will be one of seven elite athletes, all women, who will join tennis legend Billie Jean King and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a live-stream event Saturday at 4 p.m. ET for young athletes and their parents to discuss personal resilience and mental health during the pandemic. The discussion, put on by the Women’s Sports Foundation and Yahoo Sports, will be streamed on the Yahoo Sports mobile app and YahooSports.com.

Viewers may submit questions before the event via Twitter and Facebook using #WeKeepPlaying.

Lloyd will be joined by Olympic swimming gold medalist Katie Ledecky, college basketball standout Sabrina Ionescu, pro basketball star Chiney Ogwumike, Olympic hockey gold medalist Kendall Coyne Schofield, groundbreaking NFL assistant coach Katie Sowers and Paralympic track and field standout Scout Bassett. Sports broadcaster Cari Champion will moderate the hour-long discussion.

“This is an amazing opportunity for us to give back,” Lloyd said. “Obviously, we’re all going through a really challenging time, and it’s probably even more challenging for young kids who have missed out on many things they’ll probably never get back, like class trips, graduation, sports getting canceled, you name it. For me it was a no-brainer to get on this panel and offer words of encouragement and inspiration, anything I can, to help people get through this challenging time.”

Lloyd said she has noticed some of the videos girls are posting on social media showing them training on their own inside their home or in their yard.

“People have been getting creative, whereas before all this, everything was organized, everything was with a team. Going back to my childhood, what laid the foundation for me was being creative and practicing on my own. I didn’t need expensive equipment. I used trees as goals, just shot through trees.”

King said all young athletes need emotional and mental encouragement at this time.

“This is something we can provide, trying to just make them feel better and get them through this tough time,” she said. “At the Women’s Sports Foundation, we were talking about what we can do. These elite athletes are not competing, so everyone said, ‘Let’s do some good work here.’”

Said Guru Gowrappan, CEO of Verizon Media, which owns Yahoo Sports: “We know young people and families are looking for a ray of hope. They’re going to get tips and hear information from the experts that will help them find some balance and stay strong.”

Lloyd, a member of the U.S. women’s national soccer team since 2005, said she is fortunate to be able to view this extraordinary time in positive terms.

“I’m thankful that I have a roof over my head and I haven’t lost my job and my husband and I are healthy,” she said. “I feel like not having the Olympics this year and having another year would be a dream come true: to make the Olympic team, win a gold medal and then most likely sign off and enjoy the next chapter in my life.”