Brandi Chastain

Brandi Chastain
Chastain in 2010
Personal information
Full name Brandi Denise Chastain[1]
Date of birth (1968-07-21) July 21, 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth San Jose, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder, Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986 California Golden Bears (15)
1989–1990 Santa Clara Broncos (32)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 Shiroki FC Serena
2001–2003 San Jose CyberRays 52 (7)
2009 FC Gold Pride
2010 California Storm
International career‡
1988–2004 United States 192 (30)
Medal record
Women's football (soccer)
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team competition
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1991 China Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1999 USA Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2003 USA Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 14, 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 14, 2009

Brandi Denise Chastain (born July 21, 1968) is an American retired soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, coach, and sports broadcaster. She played for the United States national team from 1988 to 2004. In her 192 caps on the team, she scored 30 goals playing primarily in the defender and midfielder positions. She scored a World Cup-winning penalty shootout goal against China in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final.

Chastain played professionally for Shiroki FC in the Japan Women's Football League, the San Jose CyberRays of the Women's United Soccer Association, FC Gold Pride of Women's Professional Soccer, and California Storm of Women's Premier Soccer League.[2]

Chastain was named to the USWNT All-Time Best XI in 2013.[3] In March 2017, she was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.[4] In 2018 she was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2001_wusa_chastain was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Pizarro, Sal (August 8, 2024). "History San Jose honoring soccer legend Brandi Chastain at fall fundraiser". The Mercury News. Archived from the original on September 5, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  3. ^ Bell, Jack (December 20, 2013). "U.S. Soccer Releases All-Time Best National Teams". The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "Brandi Chastain, Shannon MacMillan latest U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fameinductees". ESPN. March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2017.