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Lauren Cheney

Lauren Cheney wiki, bio, age, husband, baby, net worth, team, height, eye

Lauren Nicole Cheney is an American retired professional soccer player who had played for The US Women’s National Soccer Team from the year 2007-2015 as a midfielder as well as a forward. Lauren has won Olympic Gold Medal for two times and she is also the champion of FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Cheney used to play professionally for the FC Kansas City in National Women’s Soccer League and also for the Boston Breakers in Women’s Professional Soccer. Additionally, she was also named as the U.S. Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year in 2007.

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Lauren Cheney: personal life, family

Lauren Cheney is also known as Lauren Holiday. She was born on 30th September of 1987 which has now made her reach at the age of 31. She is from Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. She is the daughter of George and Rita Cheney.

Cheney as a youth, she started playing soccer after watching her brother playing the sport. She then went to study at the Ben Davis High School where she was named the most valuable offensive player of the school in 2004 and 2005. Additionally, she was also named Metro Player of the Year in 2004 by the Indianapolis Star.

Later in fall of 2006, she got enrolled at the UCLA. There, she was named a first-team All-American as well as NSCAA Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore in the following year, she became a runner-up for the Women’s Hermann Trophy and also the Pac-10 player of the year.

Lauren Cheney: husband, baby

Lauren Cheney is married to her boyfriend turned husband named Jrue Holiday who is a professional basketball player. The pair first met and started dating in 2008. Later, the couple tied their knot with each other on 7th July 2013. She also has one daughter named Jrue Tyler Holiday together with her husband.

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  • Nationality: American
  • Occupation: Professional Soccer player (retired)
  • Father: George Cheney
  • Mother: Rita Cheney
  • Siblings: 2 (Caitlin and Aaron)
  • High School: Ben Davis High School
  • University: UCLA
  • Married: Yes
  • Spouse: Jrue Holiday (7th July 2013-Present)
  • Children: 1 (Daughter- Jrue Tyler Holiday)
  • Height: 5 Feet and 8 Inch/ 1.73 m
  • Birth Sign: Libra

Lauren Cheney: professional life and career

It was during the summer of 2009 when Lauren joined Pali Blues which is the team of Southern California in its W-League. The next year in 15th January, she was selected by the Boston Breakers as their 2nd overall pick in the WPS Draft. During the 2010 season, Cheney played in 23 games for them.

Later in 2013, Cheney became one of the three national team players to be allocated to FC Kanas City along with Becky Sauerbrunn and Nicole Barnhart. The same year in June, she was named NWSL Player of the Month after she scored six times in just five games as well as becoming the leading scorer of the league with 8 goals.

As of 2015, Lauren was a leading goal scorer. She then got retired at the end of the 2015 season from the NWSL. Her jersey number 12 was retired in her honor.

Prior to that, Lauren had also played internationally for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team. She has also played for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup where she scored the 3rd goal in 14th minute of the game. On7th July 2015, after the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, she made an announcement from her international career.

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  • Occupation: Professional Soccer player (retired)
  • Playing position: Forward, Midfielder

Lauren Cheney: Net worth, salary

According to some sites, Lauren has been earning an annual salary of $150,000. Her net worth is estimated to be around $350 Thousand.

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  • Net Worth: $350 Thousand
  • Annual Salary: $150,000