Lauren Cheney
February 2012
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| Full name | Lauren Nicole Holiday | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 30, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward, midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Davis High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | UCLA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Pali Blues | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Boston Breakers | 32 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | FC Kansas City | 48 | (22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004 | United States U17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | United States U20 | 20 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | United States U21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2015 | United States | 133 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 5, 2015.
Lauren Nicole Holiday (born September 30, 1987), née Lauren Nicole Cheney, is an American retired 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.
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. finished in second place 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.
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