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Lauren Cheney (FA)

Forward

Team: Boston Breakers

Height: 5' 10"
Birth Date: 9/30/1987
Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind.
Previous Team: UCLA
How Acquired:
2010 WPS Draft

2010:

Started 21 of 23 games she appeared in
Finished third on team with five goals scored. Also had three assists
Scored first WPS goal six minutes into the first WPS game of the season, a 2-1 win over the Washington Freedom
Scored Boston's lone goal in the WPS Super Semifinals
Scored a goal in the WPS All-Star Game
Second overall pick in the 2010 WPS Draft

International:

Scored seven goals and notched two assists for the USWNT in 13 games in 2010
Scored the game-winning goal in a 3-2 win over Germany in the 2010 Algarve Cup championship
Scored one goal and two assists in three national team games in 2009
Member of the 2008 U.S. Gold Medalist Olympic Team in Beijing
Member of the U-20 USWNT (2006, 2007)
Youngest member of the U-21 USWNT in 2005
Member of the U-17 USWNT (2004)

Club:

Played for the W -League's Pali Blues in 2009

College:

Played for UCLA from 2006-2009
Four-Time First-Team All-American
Bruin's all-time leading scorer (173 points)
Two-time finalist for M.A.C. Hermann Trophy award (2007, 2009)
M.A.C. Hermann Trophy semifinalist (2008)
Led UCLA in scoring three times (2006, 2007, 2008)
Soccer America, Soccer Buzz, Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Year (2007)
Honda Award finalist (2007)
Soccer Buzz First Team All-American (2007)
Pac-10 Player of the Year (2007)
Set UCLA records for single season points (2007), single season goals (2007), freshman goals (2006)
Soccer Buzz National Freshman of the Year (2006)
Led Pac-10 in points, goals and shots as a freshman
Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (2006)

High School / Youth Club:

Played at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, IN
Consensus #1 recruit in the national out of high school
2005 Parade All-American
First player every to win both NSCAA/adidas High School & Youth Player of the Year awards in the same year (2005)

Personal:

Parents are Rita & George Cheney
Has one brother, Aaron and one sister, Caitlin
Was born with a congenital heart defect and had open-heart surgery when she was 3 years old. Cheney's medical team encouraged her parents to keep her active and get involved with sports to keep her heart strong, and she was a soccer standout before her sixth birthday

Year	Club	GP	GS	MIN	G	A	SHTS	SOG	FC	FS	C
2011	Boston Breakers	9	9	764	3	0	19	12	5	8	0
2010	Boston Breakers	23	21	1926	5	2	65	30	19	19	2
Career		32	30	2690	8	2	84	42	24	27	2

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Cheney Wants to Bring Fun
Bleacher Report article about the Breakers 2010 first draft pick and bringing fun to soccer

Top College Stars excited by their WPS destinations

Cheney was selected second in the WPS draft and is excited to get started with the Breakers

Where were they five years ago?

Where were the 2010 WPS recruits five years ago? Cheney was in the midst of her basketball season where she earned all-conference honors. She plays two sports!

Three UCLA Players selected in WPS draft

Cheney leads to trio of Bruins players drafted into the WPS this year, and UCLA was third with total number of draftees.

Lauren Cheney Heading to Breakers

Cheney speaks about her excitement of joining the Breakers just moments after she was drafted

Breakers take Cheney, Naeher

Cheney was the Breakers first pick in the draft, second overall.

Breakers select nine players in 2010 WPS draft

Lauren Cheney was the Breakers first pick, second overall, in the 2010 WPS draft, and was selected by the Breakers along with eight other girls.

Breakers Strike Gold in Cheney

Boston Breakers find a great addition to the team in Cheney

Meet the New Kids
Lauren Cheney, Amy Rodriguez, and Tobin Heath back in the day as they try to make the Womens National Team. Oh how far they've come.