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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong>Lauren Holiday (pictured) was among the world&#8217;s most respected players in the women&#8217;s game during a career highlighted by Olympic gold medals with the U.S. national team in 2008 and 2012, and FIFA World Cup title in 2015</strong></h6>
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<h3><strong><span style="color:#170202;">Former U.S. soccer star Lauren Holiday, 28, diagnosed with a brain tumor while she&#8217;s eight-months pregnant</span></strong></h3>
<h3><strong><span style="color:#170202;">Husband, New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, 26, to miss start of NBA season to care for pregnant wife Holiday, as she gives birth, she&#8217;ll undergo brain surgery later</span></strong></h3>
<h3><strong><span style="color:#170202;">Jrue says of his wife, she is &#8216;The strongest woman I know&#8217;</span></strong></h3>
<h3><strong><span style="color:#170202;">Couple who met as students at UCLA, wed in 2013, are having their first child</span></strong></h3>
<h3><strong><span style="color:#170202;">Pelicans intend to continue paying Holiday while he is away on compassionate leave<br />
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<h3><strong><span style="color:#170202;">Lauren has numbness on her face as tumor is pressing on a nerve, brain surgery scheduled six weeks after baby&#8217;s arrival, mid-October</span></strong></h3>
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<h6 class="article-text wide"><strong>Former U.S. soccer star Lauren Holiday (pictured with her husband Jrue) has been diagnosed with a brain tumor while pregnant with her first child</strong></h6>
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<p>Former U.S. soccer star Lauren Holiday has been diagnosed with a brain tumor while pregnant with her first child. Lauren Holiday, 28, was a standout with the U.S. women’s national soccer team. A two-time Olympic gold medalist and 2015 World Cup champion with the U.S. women’s team. She learned in June of a benign tumor on the right side of her brain after she began experiencing massive headaches.<br />
Her husband, New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, is taking indefinite leave from the NBA club to care for his wife, with the blessing of the Pelicans ball club.<br />
In a statement from the Pelicans organization, Sunday , GM Dell Demps said: &#8216;We are all praying for a healthy delivery of their first child and a successful surgery for Lauren&#8217;. Adding &#8216;Furthermore, we ask everyone to respect the Holidays&#8217; privacy at this time.&#8217;<br />
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<p>Former U.S. soccer star Lauren Holiday has been diagnosed with a brain tumor while pregnant with her first child. Lauren Holiday, 28, was a standout with the U.S. women’s national soccer team. A two-time Olympic gold medalist and 2015 World Cup champion with the U.S. women’s team. She learned in June of a benign tumor on the right side of her brain after she began experiencing massive headaches.<br />
Her husband, New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, is taking indefinite leave from the NBA club to care for his wife, with the blessing of the Pelicans ball club.<br />
In a statement from the Pelicans organization, Sunday , GM Dell Demps said: &#8216;We are all praying for a healthy delivery of their first child and a successful surgery for Lauren&#8217;. Adding &#8216;Furthermore, we ask everyone to respect the Holidays&#8217; privacy at this time.&#8217;</p>
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<h6><strong>Lauren Holiday, who retired from soccer last year, leaves an opponent on the turf on her way to winning the worldcup with the US women&#8217;s national soccer team. She was among the world&#8217;s most respected players</strong></h6>
<p>Doctors in New Orleans, said the tumor is both operable and unlikely to threaten the health of the child.<br />
“Lauren has her good days and her bad days,” Jrue, 26, said of his wife: “Some are better than others. She’s obviously a fighter, the toughest woman I know. That’s the reason why I married her.”<br />
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Lauren Holiday retired in the prime of her soccer career to start a family with husband and NBA point guard Jrue Holiday, but the recent diagnosis has shaken their lives during the couple’s first pregnancy.<br />
Doctors plan to perform Lauren&#8217;s brain surgery about six weeks after the birth. Both procedures are expected to be conducted at Duke University Hospital. From there, Jrue&#8217;s return to the Pelicans and basketball activities will be determined by her recovery.<br />
The Holidays will reside near Lauren&#8217;s medical team in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area for the foreseeable future.<br />
&#8220;The Pelicans have been great,&#8221; Holiday said. &#8220;There wasn&#8217;t any pressure to be with the team or to choose between my team and my wife. They told me to be a husband first. I don&#8217;t think they know how much their support means to me and my family.&#8221;</p>
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<h6 class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery">The baby is expected to arrive mid-October, could be induced earlier. In the interest of the health of both mother and baby, Lauren will undergo brain surgery about six weeks after delivery.</h6>
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<h6 class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><strong>Jrue and Lauren (pictured) on their wedding day. They are expecting their first child, due in mid-October. </strong></h6>
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<p>Lauren Holiday, who retired from soccer last year, was among the world&#8217;s most respected players during a career highlighted by Olympic gold medals with the U.S. national team in 2008 and 2012, and FIFA World Cup title in 2015.<br />
The 28-year-old midfielder played in 133 games for the U.S. team, scoring 24 goals.<br />
<span id="ext-gen123">She also played professionally in the NWSL, winning a championship with FC Kansas City in 2015.</span>The two athletes met at UCLA where Holiday played soccer, played basketball.<br />
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">After her operation, Jrue will be a primary caretaker for both his wife and their daughter.<br />
&#8216;My family comes before basketball.<br />
I&#8217;m obviously blessed to play this game and be in the position I am in, but my wife is the most important thing in the world to me. She comes before anything else&#8217; Jrue Holiday said.<br />
The birth also could be induced early.He said he and Lauren &#8216;are still very excited about the birth of our first child, but our focus shifted from having this magnificent blessing to making sure everything is going to be OK with Lauren and the child.&#8217;<br />
He expects to return this season in full health, and the Pelicans see him as a core player along with All-Star forward Anthony Davis.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong>Lauren&#8217;s husband, New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday is taking indefinite leave from the NBA club to care for his wife, the Pelicans said on Sunday</strong></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong>The couple (pictured after their rngagement) are still &#8216;very excited&#8217; about the birth of their first child. However, they said their focus has shifted to making sure Lauren and the baby remain healthy.</strong></h6>
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<p class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-69534" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alex-morgan-lauren-holiday-abby-wambach-and-whitney-engen-celebrate-their-world-cup-title-wont-face-questions-about-their-femininity.jpg" alt="Alex Morgan, Lauren Holiday, Abby Wambach, and Whitney Engen celebrate their World Cup title, won't face questions about their femininity.*" width="733" height="523" /> </strong></p>
<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><span class="irc_su" dir="ltr">Alex Morgan, Lauren Holiday, Abby Wambach, and Whitney Engen celebrate their World Cup title. Holiday&#8217;s career was highlighted by Olympic gold medals with the U.S. national team in 2008 and 2012, and FIFA World Cup title in 2015.</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong>Jrue Holiday (pictured playing for Pelicans against the Utah Jazz) will be a primary caretaker for both his wife and their daughter after Lauren&#8217;s surgery</strong></h6>
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<h6 class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><strong class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><strong>Lauren and Jrue got married in July 2013. Theey are epecting their first baby in mid-October, and in the interest of the health of both mother and baby, doctors will remove Lauren&#8217;s brain tumor about six weeks after deliver</strong></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><strong>Young lovers: Lauren met Jrue at UCLA, where she played soccer and he played basketball</strong></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong>Jrue Holiday (No 11), is the starting guard New Orleans. He&#8217;s just completed his third season with the Pelicans. </strong>Jrue andwife Lauren are expecting their first child, due in mid-October. Lauren&#8217;s surgery has been scheduled after the birth of the baby</h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;The most important thing for Jrue to do right now is be with his wife and family,&#8217; Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said in a statement.<br />
&#8216;Every one of our coaches and players understands what Lauren and Jrue are going through, and they know we&#8217;re behind them 100 per cent.<br />
&#8216;We&#8217;ll continue to do everything we can to support them and help them get through these hard times.&#8217;</p>
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We encourage Jrue to take as much time as he needs to be with his wife and family before returning to the Pelicans<br />
Pelicans general manager Dell Demps<br />
The Pelicans have suggested that Holiday, whose salary is thought to be around $11million a year, will continue to be paid during his absence.<br />
The team is planning to send a trainer to North Carolina to help him maintain his fitness and basketball skills during his absence.<br />
Demps added: &#8216;We encourage Jrue to take as much time as he needs to be with his wife and family before returning to the Pelicans.<br />
&#8216;We understand that Jrue will miss some games, and his teammates are prepared to step up in his absence,&#8217; said Demps, whose own wife, Anita, is a cancer survivor and also has had a benign tumor removed from her brain.<br />
&#8216;We will welcome Jrue back with open arms when he is ready to return to the team.&#8217;</p>
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Former U.S. soccer star Lauren Holiday, 28, is diagnosed with a brain tumor while she’s eight-months pregnant; Her husband, NBA guard, Jrue Holiday, suspends season to look after his wife
