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UPDATE (5:50 p.m., Friday): The Time Picayune New Orleans Pelicans reporter John Reid reported than Lauren Holiday has successful surgery to remove the benign tumor from her brain.

Former Ben Davis and U.S. women's national soccer team star Lauren Holiday is having brain surgery on Thursday.

Last month it was revealed that she had a brain tumor near her orbital socket that needed to be removed. But surgery was delayed because she and her husband, New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, were expecting their first child. She has since given birth to a healthy baby girl.

Many of Lauren Holiday's friends and fans took to Twitter on Thursday to wish her well.

Lauren Holiday, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, lives in New Orleans but often returns to Indianapolis, hosting youth soccer clinics. She drove the pace car for the 2015 Brickyard 400 after helping the U.S. win the Women's World Cup, scoring a goal in the final.

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