Brandi Chastain

Brandi Denise Chastain ( born July 21, 1968 in San Jose, California) is an American soccer player.

Career

Chastain heard along with Mia Hamm, Joy Fawcett, Julie Foudy and Kristine Lilly of the five U.S. players, who from the 1991 World Series to the 2004 Olympic Games in the tremendous success of the U.S. national team had (two Olympic medals and two World Cup titles ). However, in contrast to the other it was not all the time in the squad and was - also due to injuries - not always master player, so they brought it to "only" 192 internationals. She shot it 30 goals, where you get the first U.S. player on April 18, 1991 five goals in a game.

Chastain, which was initially used as a striker, her international career began in a 5-2 victory on 1 June 1988 against Japan. In 1991 she became world champion with the national team. In 1993, she was no longer in the squad, but was at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta - now as a defender - again in the squad and her crew won the gold medal. In 1999 she was once again with the U.S. world champion, after they had turned the winning penalty in the penalty shootout against China. In 2001 she was one of the founders and Mitbesitzerinnen the WUSA. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens she could repeat the victory of Atlanta with their team.

After the Olympics, the U.S. team organized a tour (Fan Celebration Tour ) with 10 friendly matches, with Hamm, Fawcett and Foudy her career ended, while Chastain and Lilly wanted to continue playing. However, the new coach of the U.S. national team Greg Ryan declared that he no longer plan with Chastain, so that the last game of the Fan Celebration Tour on 8 December 2004 was also their last match.

The sports bra and the consequences

Chastain is probably one of the best known and most frequently depicted football players because of the FIFA World Cup Final 1999. After they had turned the fifth and decisive penalty in the final, she took off her shirt and knelt in black sports bra on the field. The photo brought it to the title screen of TIME, Newsweek, People and Sports Illustrated. This Chastain got a lucrative contract with Nike. Both their website as well as her autobiography be titled It's Not About the Bra ( It's not about the bra )

Success with the national team

  • Gold medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996
  • Silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000
  • Gold medal at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004
  • World Champion at the World Cup in China in 1991
  • World Champion at the World Championships in the USA in 1999
  • Third at the World Cup in the USA 2003

Awards

  • 2013: elected to the All- Time Women's National Team Best XI
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