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.

In 2006, Nogueira played for the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team.

[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.