FACTOIDS
Full Name: Brandi Chastain
Nickname: Brandi
Birthday: July 21, 1968
Height: 5' 7"
Hometown: San Jose, California
Sports: Soccer
Brandi Chastain is a former soccer player, who was on the U.S. women's national soccer team from 1991 to 2004 and the San Jose CyberRays of the WUSA (2001-2003).
On July 10, 1999 at the Women's World Cup at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, after scoring the fifth penalty kick to give the United States the win over China in the final game, Brandi celebrated by peeling off her jersey and falling to her knees in a sports bra, her fists clenched. This image was featured on the covers of TIME, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated .
Chastain's take on the incident was "Momentary insanity, nothing more, nothing less. I wasn’t thinking about anything. I thought, ‘This is the greatest moment of my life on the soccer field.’"
The sports bra episode led to numerous media appearances as well as many parodies.
Chastain played on the San Jose CyberRays in the Women's United Soccer Association from its formation in 2001 until its suspension in 2003. She played on the US women's national team until her last game on December 6, 2004.
She was a broadcaster with ABC/ESPN on their coverage of Major League Soccer.
