Casey Nicole Loyd (née Nogueira; born February 23, 1989) is an American former professional soccer midfielder.

She played collegiately for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she won two national championships.

As a member of the national under-20 team, she played at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship and the 2007 Pan American Games.

In 2004, having spent her freshman year in Wisconsin, Nogueira moved to Raleigh, North Carolina with her mother.

She was a 2005 Parade Magazine and NSCAA high school All American and graduated a year early in 2006.

[2] As a junior, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top soccer player.

[3][4] In 2008, Nogueira signed with the Carolina RailHawks Women, now known as the Cary Lady Clarets, an expansion W-League team.

[8] After Chicago Red Stars announced it would not be part of the Women's Professional Soccer in 2011,[9] Nogueira signed as a free agent with Sky Blue FC on December 23, 2010.

She married fellow Tar Heel and FC Dallas defender Zach Loyd on October 13, 2012.