Lauren Holiday
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. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 25, 2015 |
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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.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana to Rita and George Cheney, Lauren Nicole Cheney began playing soccer as a youth after watching her brother play the sport. She played on boys' teams until age 12. She attended Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis where she was named the school's most valuable offensive player in 2004–05. In 2004, she was named Metro Player of the Year by the Indianapolis Star. In 2006, she was named Parade All-American and was Gatorade Player of the Year in addition to receiving numerous regional awards including first-team All-Conference, All-County and All-State, and Indianapolis Star Super Team Player of the Year. She earned Indiana All-State selection honors each year of her high school career and was named NSCAA All-American three times. Holiday finished her high school career having scored 118 goals and served 67 assists. She graduated mid-year in 2006 to train full-time with the United States U-20 women's national soccer team for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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