PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – U.S. soccer formally announced that midfielders Shannon Boxx and Lauren Holiday will retire from the U.S. national team following a victory tour to celebrate the Women’s World Cup title.
Both players had previously voiced their intention to step down from the team. U.S. Soccer said Monday that Boxx, 38, will also retire immediately from the NWSL’s Chicago Red Stars.
A center midfielder, Boxx has 27 goals in 191 international appearances. She has battled Lupus for the past several years, and left the U.S. team last season for the birth of her daughter, Zoe.
Holiday, 27, has said she wants to focus on having a family. She is married to Jrue Holiday, who plays for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Holiday has 24 goals in 130 appearances with the national team.
