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Lauren Holiday
Holiday in 2012
Personal information
Full name Lauren Cheney Holiday[1]
Birth name Lauren Nicole Cheney[2]
Date of birth (1987-09-30) September 30, 1987 (age 37)
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
Women's soccer
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Canada Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 5, 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 25, 2015

Lauren Cheney Holiday (born Lauren Nicole Cheney; September 30, 1987) is an American former professional

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. were the runners-up and Holiday was named to the tournament's All-Star team.

In 2007, she was named

U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year honors in 2014.[4]
She was the first player in NWSL history to have her jersey retired after retiring from the league.

Early life

Born in

United States U-20 women's national soccer team for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[9]

UCLA Bruins, 2006–2009

In the fall of 2006, Holiday enrolled at

Pac-10 Conference with 19 goals, which also set a new UCLA freshman record with a goals-per-game percentage of .95.[12][13] As a sophomore in 2007, she was the runner-up for the women's Hermann Trophy and the Pac-10 Player of the Year. She led the conference again in goals scored with 23 and broke the UCLA single-season school records for points (57) and goals (23).[14]

Holiday became the first player in UCLA history to earn NSCAA/adidas First-Team All-America honors all four years of her career. At UCLA, she set new school records for points (173) and game-winning goals (28); and tied the career school record in goals with 71. She had 31 career assists, second place in the record book. During her four years, the Bruins played in consecutive NCAA College Cups.[14][15]

Playing career

Club

Pali Blues, 2009

During the summer of 2009, Holiday joined Southern California team

Washington Freedom Reserves on August 7, 2009.[19]

Boston Breakers, 2010–2011

2010 season, starting in 21 matches and scoring five goals with two assists.[21] After Boston finished in second place during the regular season with a 10–8–6, the team advanced to the playoffs.[21] Holiday scored the team's lone goal in the 2–1 playoff loss against the Philadelphia Independence.[22] Holiday was named as a starter in the 2010 WPS All-Star Game and scored in the 79th minute.[23]

During the

2011 WPS season, Holiday made ten appearances for the club.[21] After returning to Boston following the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, Holiday's brace during the team's final regular season match helped the Breakers clinch the last remaining spot in the playoffs. She was subsequently named WPS Player of the Week for week 18 of the season.[24] The Breakers finished the regular season in fourth place with a 5–9–4 The team was defeated 3–1 by magicJack during the playoff semifinal.[25]

FC Kansas City, 2013–2015

In 2013, Holiday was one of three national team players along with

Most Valuable Player (MVP).[29]

In 2014 NWSL season, FC Kansas City finished the regular season in second place, with Holiday providing a team-leading 7 assists, and finished second in goals scored with 8 behind Amy Rodriguez's 13. In the post-season playoffs, Holiday scored the second goal in a 2–0 victory over the Portland Thorns FC in the semi-final, and provided both the assists for Rodriguez's two goals, as they beat Seattle Reign FC 2–1 in the 2014 Championship game, to clinch the club's first NWSL title. Holiday was voted the match's MVP.[30]

As of 2015, Holiday was the leading goal scorer (20) and assist leader (12) all-time in the NWSL. She retired from the NWSL at the end of the 2015 season as Kansas City repeated as champions, allowing Holiday to retire holding world and league titles.[31] Her number 12 jersey was retired in her honour.

International

Holiday playing with the United States women's national soccer team in San Jose, California, 2015

Holiday made her first appearance and start for the

U.S. Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year.[32]

2008 Beijing Olympics

Holiday was named to the U.S. roster for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after Abby Wambach was forced to withdraw with a broken leg.[33][34] She appeared in three games as a substitute [15] helping the U.S. win gold at the tournament.[35] In 2010, Holiday was the second-leading scorer on the team with seven goals in 13 total matches, starting seven.[15]

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

2011 saw the U.S. team making preparations for the

Four Nations Tournament in January. Holiday scored her 12th international goal during the U.S.'s 2–1 win over Canada.[36] The U.S. defeated China 2–0 in the final to clinch the tournament title.[37] At the 2011 Algarve Cup in March, she scored a goal against Iceland during the final helping the U.S. win 4–2 and clinch their 8th title at the tournament.[38][39][40]

Holiday started in all six

World Cup final against Japan.[49] In front of a sell-out crowd of 48,817, the United States tied Japan 1–1 during regulation time and 2–2 in overtime advancing to a penalty kick shootout where they were defeated.[50][51] Despite spraining an ankle early in the first half of the match, Holiday continued playing until being subbed off at the start of the second half.[52]

2012 London Olympics

Holiday led the United States team with seven assists in five games at the

Vancouver, British Columbia including four assists during the U.S.'s 14–0 rout of the Dominican Republic. She played in all six games at the 2012 Summer Olympics, starting five. She came off the bench in the gold medal match to play the final 23 minutes after suffering a minor injury in the semifinal.[15]

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

In 2015, Holiday scored the third goal of the

Japan 5–2.[53][54]

On July 7, 2015, following the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Holiday announced her retirement from her international career.[55][56]

Career statistics

International goals

Key (expand for notes on "international goals" and sorting)
Location Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup Start – played entire match
on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time

off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
(c) – captain
Sorted by minutes played

Goal in match Goal of total goals by the player in the match
Sorted by total goals followed by goal number
# NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score The match score after the goal was scored.
Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result The final score.

Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation

aet The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation.

NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Date Location Opponent Lineup No. Min Assist/pass Score Result Competition
1 2007-04-14[m 1] Foxborough  Mexico 83.

on 8' (off Lilly)

1.1 88 Heather O'Reilly 5550.05005

5–0

5550.05005

5–0

Friendly
2 2008-01-18[m 2] Guangzhou  Finland 45.

on 46' (off Wambach)

1.1 69 Tina DiMartino 5250.03005

3–1

5350.04005

4–1

Four Nations Tournament
3 2008-04-04[m 3]
Juarez
  Jamaica Start 1.1 21 unassisted 5250.02005

2–0

5650.06005

6–0

Olympic qualifier: final round
4 2009-05-25[m 4] Toronto  Canada 24.

on 77' (off Rodriguez)

1.1 80 Heather O'Reilly 5450.02005

4–0

5450.02005

4–0

Friendly
5 2010-02-24[m 5]
Santo Antonio
  Iceland 25.

off 66' (on Rodriguez)

1.1 61 Lori Lindsey 5250.02005

2–0

5250.02005

2–0

Algarve Cup: Group B
6 2010-03-01[m 6] Ferreiras  Sweden 45.

on 46' (off Rodriguez)

2.1 56
Casey Nogueira
 5150.01005

1–0

5250.02005

2–0

Algarve Cup: Group B
7 2.2 86 Lori Lindsey 5250.02005

2–0

8 2010-03-03[m 7] Faro  Germany 84.

Nogueira
)

1.1 69 unassisted 5250.03005

3–1

5150.03005

3–2

Algarve Cup: final
9 2010-03-28[m 8] San Diego  Mexico 45.

on 46' (off Rodriguez)

1.1 72 Shannon Boxx 5350.03005

3–0

5350.03005

3–0

Friendly
10 2010-11-01[m 9]
Cancun
  Costa Rica Start 1.1 68 unassisted 5250.02005

2–0

5450.04005

4–0

World Cup qualifier: Group B
11 2010-11-08[m 10]
Cancun
  Costa Rica Start 1.1 17 Lori Lindsey 5150.01005

1–0

5350.03005

3–0

World Cup qualifier: third-place match
12 2011-01-23[m 11] Chongqing  Canada 45.

on 46' (off Rodriguez)

1.1 54 Lindsay Tarpley 5150.02005

1–0

5150.02005

2–1

Four Nations Tournament
13 2011-03-09[m 12] Faro  Iceland 45.

off 46' (on Wambach)

1.1 45+1 Megan Rapinoe 5050.02005

2–2

5250.04005

4–2

Algarve Cup: final
14 2011-06-05[m 13] Harrison  Mexico 30.

on 61' (off Rodriguez)

1.1 90+2 Abby Wambach 5150.01005

1–0

5150.01005

1–0

Friendly
15 2011-06-28[m 14] Dresden  Korea DPR Start 1.1 54 Abby Wambach 5150.01005

1–0

5250.02005

2–0

World Cup: Group C
16 2011-07-13[m 15] Mönchengladbach  France Start 1.1 9 Heather O'Reilly 5150.01005

1–0

5250.03005

3–1

World Cup: semifinal
17 2012-01-20[m 16] Vancouver  Dominican Start 1.1 64 Heather O'Reilly 6150.11005

11–0

6450.14005

14–0

Olympic qualifier: Group B
18 2012-01-22[m 17] Vancouver  Guatemala 45.

off 46' (on Morgan)

1.1 24 unassisted 5350.03005

3–0

6350.13005

13–0

Olympic qualifier: Group B
19 2013-06-15[m 18] Foxborough  Korea Republic 77.

Brian
)

1.1 7 Tobin Heath 5250.02005

2–0

5350.04005

4–1

Friendly
20 2013-06-20[m 19] Harrison  Korea Republic 71.

Averbuch
)

1.1 64 Kelley O'Hara 5550.05005

5–0

5550.05005

5–0

Friendly
21 2013-10-20[m 20] San Antonio  Australia 64.

Brian
)

1.1 6 unassisted 5150.01005

1–0

5450.04005

4–0

Friendly
22 2014-02-13[m 21] Atlanta  Russia 23.

Brian
)

1.1 81 penalty 5650.06005

6–0

5850.08005

8–0

Friendly
23 2014-04-06[m 22] Commerce  China 67.

off 67' (on Rapinoe)

1.1 39 unassisted 5150.01005

1–0

5250.02005

2–0

Friendly
24 2015-07-05[m 23] Vancouver  Japan Start 1.1 14 unassisted 5350.03005

3–0

5350.05005

5–2

World Cup: final

Honors and awards

International

Individual

Team

with FC Kansas City

Personal life

At the age of three, Holiday had open heart surgery to correct a heart defect.

UCLA
.

Holiday is a Christian.[73]

On September 4, 2016, it was announced that Holiday had previously been diagnosed with a brain

tumor during her pregnancy. Her husband chose to take a leave of absence to care for her. The tumor, which was benign, was found on the right side of her brain in late June 2016.[74][75] Holiday gave birth to a daughter, Jrue Tyler Holiday, in September 2016, and the tumor was successfully removed in October.[76] She gave birth to a son, Hendrix, in 2020.[77]

Holiday has signed endorsement deals with Under Armour and Chobani.[78][79]

In 2020, Holiday joined the ownership group for Angel City FC of the NWSL.[80]

Video games

Holiday was featured along with her national teammates in the EA Sports' FIFA video game series in FIFA 16, the first time women players were included in the game.[81]

Ticker tape parade and White House honor

Following the United States' win at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Holiday and her teammates became the first women's sports team to be honored with a

President Barack Obama at the White House.[84]

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