Lauren Holiday
Lauren Cheney Holiday (born Lauren Nicole Cheney; September 30, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder and forward for the United States women's national soccer team from 2007 to 2015. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Holiday played professionally for FC Kansas City in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Boston Breakers in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). She played collegiate soccer for the UCLA Bruins.
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| Full name | Lauren Cheney Holiday | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Lauren Nicole Cheney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 30, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Davis High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | UCLA Bruins | (71) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Pali Blues | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Boston Breakers | 32 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | FC Kansas City | 48 | (22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | United States U17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | United States U20 | 20 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | United States U21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2015 | United States | 133 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 5, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 25, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holiday won gold with the national team at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, 2012 London Summer Olympics, and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. She played for the team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where the U.S. were the runners-up and Holiday was named to the tournament's All-Star team.
In 2007, she was named U.S. Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year. She earned U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year honors in 2014. She was the first player in NWSL history to have her jersey retired after retiring from the league.