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Lauren Cheney      

Retired Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and FIFA Women's World Cup Champion

Lauren Holiday, 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.

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. 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.

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. Holiday was the first player in NWSL history to have her jersey retired after retiring from the league.

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FC Kansas City's Lauren Holiday nominated for US Soccer's female ...
Fans can vote for the winner of the award on the U.S. Soccer website. The fan vote will equal 50 percent of the final ballot, while the remaining half will beĀ ...
US international/FC Kansas City midfielder Lauren Cheney
In a new role for a new team, Cheney's been one of the NWSL's early standouts.
Catching up with Lauren Holiday
The U.S. national team star talks about playing for FC Kansas City and her recent move to New Orleans with new husband Jrue Holiday.

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