One of the standout Olympic Athletes from the United States of America in Women’s Football [Soccer] is Lauren Cheney. I would have written about Abby Wambach since she is great. Unfortunately, she was forced to withdraw from the Olympics after breaking her leg during a game against Brazil which saw the United States of America. Before talking about Lauren Cheney, it would be great to inform the reader that the United States of America is in Group G with Japan, Norway, and New Zealand. The United States of America enjoys an advantage since it is in first place in the FIFA Rank on Women’s Football [Soccer] with 2,200 points. Japan is in tenth place with 1,957 points. New Zealand is in twenty forth place with 1,724 points. Norway is in fifth place with 2,043 points. Regardless, the United States Women’s Football [Soccer] Olympic Team is not taking any chances. For this reason, Lauren Cheney is a standout US Olympic Athlete.

 

Lauren Cheney has more reasons to be a standout US Olympic Athlete. Lauren Cheney is a woman who is made of steel and determination which originates from her birthplace of Indianapolis, Indiana. Lauren Cheney [who is not related to Dick Cheney] is a forward in the United States Women’s Football [Soccer] Team who was born on the thirtieth of September 1987. Lauren Cheney graduated from UCLA [University of California in Los Angeles] where she excelled in two seasons of women’s football [soccer]. Lauren Cheney was able to score forty two goals in forty four games and was able to lead UCLA [otherwise known as the Bruins] to the Nationwide Semifinals before joining the United States Women’s National Football [Soccer] Team.

 

Lauren Cheney left her mark as a forward in the United States Women’s National Football Team by scoring twenty goals within thirty matches for the U-20 [Under Twenty] Group in 2006 while undergoing training in the Women’s National Team Camp and during her participation in the Resident Training Camp. Lauren Cheney also scored her first goal in her second professional game. The goal occurred during the United States of America VS Mexico Game at Foxborough, Massachusetts on the fourteenth of April 2007. Lauren Cheney also earned her first seniour team cap when the United States played against Germany in the Four Nations Cup Tournament in China during the year 2007.

 

Lauren Cheney started the year 2008 with a blaze of glory by scoring against Finland in the Algarve Cup in Portugal and against Jamaica in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Lauren Cheney continued in her blaze of glory until she was selected to replace Abby Wambach. Lauren Cheney is going to be the woman to impress people at the Women’s Football [Soccer] Games alongside Amy Rodriguez and other members of the United States Women’s [Soccer] Team.

 

REFERENCE:

ussoccer.com: «Cheney replaces Wambach on Olympic Roster»

http://www.ussoccer.com/teams/womens/woc/index.jsp.html

 

Beijing 2008, Sports Illustrated, CNN: «Lauren Cheney»

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/athletes/bio/220374.html

 

FIFA Women’s Football Classification:

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html