Lauren Holiday

Lauren Holiday is a well-known American retired professional soccer player who won the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Lauren spent nearly a decade as a professional football player until retiring in 2015. She started playing football with the boys’ team when she was 12 years old and continued until she was 18.

Lauren Nicole Cheney was born on September 30, 1987, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Lauren is one of Rita Cheney’s four children with her husband, George Cheney. She has not disclosed any information about her parents. She has an older brother named Aaron and a younger sister named Caitlin. Lauren attended the University of California, Los Angeles after graduating from high school.

Earnings and net worth of Lauren Holiday

Lauren Holiday has net worth is estimated to be more than $1 million. She attributes the majority of her net worth to her successful career as a soccer player. Lauren earned thousands of dollars while playing professionally for several clubs. She is also a gold medalist for the United States National Team at the Olympics and World Cup. The national team awarded her thousands of dollars for her accomplishment.

Jrue Holiday, Lauren’s husband, is estimated to be worth $30 million. Holiday’s contract with the Pelicans is worth $126 million. He signed the contract in 2020 and will be paid more than $20 million per year.

Lauren Holiday
Caption: Lauren Holiday (source: Wikipedia)

 Professional Career of Lauren Holiday

Lauren started playing soccer in high school during her senior year of school, which is when she started. When she played for her school in 2004–05, she was ranked as the most useful offensive player. When she played high school soccer, Holiday scored 118 goals and set up 67 more. So that she could train for the U-20 Women’s World Cup in 2006. He had to leave school in the middle of the year in 2006 because of this.

At the end of the holiday, more than a dozen university scholarships were given out. There were many people who thought she was the best female soccer player in the US at the time. If you want, you can go to the University of California in Los Angeles and join the Indianapolis Star Super Team. As a member of her university’s team, she kept her great job. She was the first UCLA player to be named to the NSCAA/Adidas First-Team All-America team each of her four years on the team, making her the first person to do that.

The woman who won the World Cup had 71 goals and 31 assists in college. After she finished college, Lauren got a job with Pali Blues. She had another great year with the team. They won the Championship with a 2-1 victory over the Washington Freedom reserves. This is how it worked: Lauren was chosen for the WPS draft in 2010. She was chosen by the Boston Breakers and spent two years with them.

Olympic champion and World Cup winner

In 2008, Abby Wambach broke her leg at the Beijing Olympics. Holiday took over for her. There were 13 games, and the team won the championship. She scored seven goals in those games. She first played for the FIFA Women’s World Cup team in 2011 and had a good start. However, they were kicked out of the tournament after losing a very important game against Japan.

For the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Lauren won it in 2015. She announced her retirement from international competition soon after, and soon after that, she won it again. Holiday also said that he was leaving the NWSL at the end of the 2015 season. This is how it worked: The number 12 shirt was retired in her honor by the Club.

Married life of Jrue Holiday

Lauren Holiday and her husband, Jrue Holiday, are having a good time together as a married pair. Jrue Holiday is a well-known player in the NBA. They first met and started dating in 2008. They were both students at the same university at the time, and they started dating in 2008. On July 7, 2013, the couple said their vows and walked down the aisle together for the first time.

Jrue Tyler Holiday was born in September 2016. During Lauren’s pregnancy, she was found to have a tumor in her brain. It worked out well for her in October. Another well-known soccer player is Alex Morgan. She is married to her husband and has a good life, so she must be happy.

Lauren Holiday
Caption: Lauren Holiday’s husband Jrue Holiday (source: Heavy.com)

Quick facts:

  • Birth Name: Lauren Nicole Cheney
  • Father: George Cheney
  • Mother: Rita Cheney
  • Net Worth: $1 million
  • Nationality: American
  • Currently Married: Yes
  • Married to: Jhye Holiday
  • Children: Jrue Tyler Holiday
  • Religion: Christian

 

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