Lauren Holiday had done it all on the field.
She retired in 2015 as a World Cup winner and two-time Olympic champion with the United States women’s national team, and two-time National Women’s Soccer League champion.
But after coming out on the other side of a life-threatening brain tumor that was discovered during her first pregnancy and giving birth to a second child four years later, Holiday was ready for something more again.
“I remember telling [her husband] Jrue, ‘Hey, I don’t know if this is all I want to do,'” Holiday told ESPN.
On Wednesday, she and Jrue, a two-time NBA champion, were announced as the newest investors of the North Carolina Courage through their Holiday Family Trust.
Holiday will be hands-on, serving as an advisor and ambassador for the club, including involvement on the technical side.
“I want to be an impact everywhere that I go,” Holiday, who won the inaugural NWSL MVP award in 2013 and has a league community service award named after her, told ESPN.
“So, yes, I’m an investor in North Carolina but I think I have invaluable insight being as I was part of the league when it was in its inaugural season.”
Courage majority owner Steve Malik told ESPN that the “aligned values” with Holiday were clear from their…
