She earned Indiana All-State selection honors each year of her high school career and was named NSCAA All-American three times.

[9] In the fall of 2006, Holiday enrolled at UCLA, where she was named a first-team All-American and NSCAA Freshman of the Year.

[14] Holiday became the first player in UCLA history to earn NSCAA/adidas First-Team All-America honors all four years of her career.

[16] Throughout the entire regular season, the Blues did not lose a match and finished first in the Western Conference with a 9–0–3 record.

[21] After returning to Boston following the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, Holiday's brace during the team's final regular season match helped the Breakers clinch the last remaining spot in the playoffs.

[24] The Breakers finished the regular season in fourth place with a 5–9–4 The team was defeated 3–1 by magicJack during the playoff semifinal.

[26] In June 2013, she was named NWSL Player of the Month after scoring six times in five games and becoming the league's leading scorer with eight goals.

Holiday made her first appearance and start for the U.S. women's national soccer team on January 26, 2007, against Germany.

[32] Holiday was named to the U.S. roster for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after Abby Wambach was forced to withdraw with a broken leg.

[15] 2011 saw the U.S. team making preparations for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and training starting with the Four Nations Tournament in January.

[37] At the 2011 Algarve Cup in March, she scored a goal against Iceland during the final helping the U.S. win 4–2 and clinch their 8th title at the tournament.

[38][39][40] Holiday started in all six 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup matches, scoring two goals and leading the team with three assists.

[41] Holiday scored the first tournament goal for the U.S. during the team's first group stage against North Korea on June 28 helping the U.S. win 2–0.

[48] In the 79th minute, her cross to Abby Wambach lifted the score to 2–1 and an eventual 3–1 win to advance to the World Cup final against Japan.

[49] In front of a sell-out crowd of 48,817, the United States tied Japan 1–1 during regulation time and 2–2 in overtime advancing to a penalty kick shootout where they were defeated.

She came off the bench in the gold medal match to play the final 23 minutes after suffering a minor injury in the semifinal.

[53][54] On July 7, 2015, following the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Holiday announced her retirement from her international career.

[71] She married professional basketball player Jrue Holiday, fellow former UCLA Bruin and NBA point guard, on July 7, 2013.