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	Brandi Chastain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chastain enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley in 1986, where she was awarded the Soccer America Freshmen Player Of The Year award.
		Chastain next participated with the national team in the 1993 CONCACAF championships of New York, another tournament which the Americans won.
		Chastain became a household name in 1999, when, after helping the United States beat China in the final game of that year's Women's World Cup, she celebrated by taking off her jersey and kneeling down in the middle of the field with only her sports bra and her shorts on.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brandi_Chastain (424 words)

	U.S. Olympic Soccer team member Brandi Chastain scores with Stark Campus crowd
		Chastain, who is most remembered for her game-winning goal in the 1999 Women's World Cup Final and for her semi-topless celebration, touched on many issues during her talk, including her controversial celebration and rocky path to the top.
		Chastain feels that her actions were not premeditated, and that they relay a positive message to younger girls, rather than a negative one.
		Chastain was even denied the chance to be on several of the national teams in the early 1990s before she attained her current spot as a US defender.
	www.stater.kent.edu /stories_old/00fall/111700/S1116chastaindh.html (686 words)

	Brandi Chastain: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Brandi Chastain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Brandi Denise Chastain (born July 21, 1968) is a soccer player who has been a member of the award winning United States national team since 1991.
		She came off the bench to score five consecutive goals in a 12-0 United States win, in what was a qualifying game for the first Women's World Cup[?].
		Brandi still plays in the national team as of 2002, and she is now participating in a three year old professional women's soccer league.
	www.encyclopedian.com /br/Brandi-Chastain.html (419 words)

	Player Bio: Brandi Chastain :: Women's Soccer
		Chastain was named the ISAA National Collegiate Player of the Year, and was among the nation's leading goal scorers.
		Chastain made her first appearance with the U.S. National Team in 1986, and was a member of the Women's World Cup Championship squad in 1991.
		Chastain entered the collegiate coaching ranks as a full-time assistant coach for the Broncos in 1994, helping to extend the Broncos' string of NCAA tournament appearances to 12 in a row, including a fourth consecutive trip to the national semifinals in 1999.
	santaclarabroncos.collegesports.com /sports/w-soccer/mtt/chastain_brandi00.html (846 words)

	Encyclopedia: Brandi Chastain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chastain : It's hard to describe in just a few words or even a few sentences what it's like to be a part of the National Team.
		Brandi Chastain holds up her shirt as she celebrates after making the winning goal against China to win Women's World Cup '99 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
		Chastain : I'm smiling because when I think about being with the National Team and the people who are involved from the top, the administration, down to the players, you know you have something special when there's no ego involved.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Brandi-Chastain (1404 words)

	Brandi Chastain Biography
		Brandi Chastain has been one of the women’s national team’s most accomplished defenders since 1996, but created the defining moment in women’s soccer by scoring a goal.
		Brandi continued to contribute to the CyberRays’ attack in 2003, and finished third on the team in scoring with four goals and three assists for 11 points.
		Brandi was born July 21, 1968, and graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Television and Communications.
	itsnotaboutthebra.com /brandi/bio.htm (633 words)

	The Queen of Soccer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		American soccer star Brandi Chastain doesn't remember exactly when or where it happened - only that she was leaving a hotel in Canada a few years ago when she crossed paths with a middle-aged man from an Asian country.
		Chastain has become one of the most famous female athletes in the world since her game-winning penalty kick against China gave the United States the 1999 Women's World Cup title.
		Although Chastain was wearing a modest fl sports bra, the bold act turned her into an instant celebrity and became the lasting image of the World Cup victory.
	www.hiinternational.com /articles/art4_en.cfm?topicId=4&id=66 (1910 words)

	Prominent Chastains
		Brandi Chastain was born on July 21, 1968 in San Jose, California, and is the best known soccer player in America.
		Chastain Park is the largest and one of the most popular parks in the city of Atlanta, used for a variety of recreational and cultural activities.
		Chastain was a member of the Fulton County Commission from 1938 to 1942 when the majority of the Park was developed.
	www.chastaincentral.com /content/prom.html (7525 words)

	WUSA
		Brandi Chastain played all over the field for the CyberRays in their inaugural season, but eventually settled into her accustomed position at left back solving part of the puzzle that produced a championship.
		Early on Chastain played in the midfield, and she was the team's unexpected offensive leader.
		Chastain began her college career at Cal, where she was Soccer America's national freshman of the year, and then transferred to Santa Clara, where she led the Broncos to two NCAA final four appearances and was named all-American and player of the year in 1990.
	wusa.com /festival/team/?id=1071&top_team_id=248 (671 words)

	Metroactive Books \| Brandi Chastain
		The one where Brandi Chastain tore off her jersey after driving home the winning penalty kick in the 1999 Women's World Cup in front of 90,000 screaming fans at the Rose Bowl.
		Chastain writes that her passion for the sport solidified as she grew up attending the old North American Soccer League's San Jose Earthquakes and watching the legendary George Best.
		Brandi was on one of the youth teams that played during halftime at that match, and to the crowd's roar, she also scored a goal.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/02.16.05/chastain-0507.html (706 words)

	In The News - SJ Mercury
		Whenever San Jose soccer star Brandi Chastain was going through though times in life, a knee injury or some other setback, her mother always was there to provide guidance.
		Brandi said she has felt out of sorts on the soccer field the past few weeks.
		Brandi said she’s taking it moment by moment and, in the tradition of her mother, focusing on the positive.
	www.ccrf-kids.org /inthenews2.htm (1301 words)

	Brandi Chastain - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
		Chastain's spectacular reaction was etched into the minds of millions of people, and will be remembered as one of the most memorable moments of 1999.
		Chastain joined the U.S Women's National Soccer Team in 1990, and in less than a decade, she joined an elite fraternity of athletes the likes of Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Steffi Graff, and Andre Agassi.
		A graduate of the Santa Clara University, Chastain began her college career at the University of California-Berkeley in 1986, where she was named the Soccer America Freshman player of the Year in 1986.
	www.leadingauthorities.com /10081/Brandi_Chastain.htm (278 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - It's Not About the Bra - Brandi Chastain - Hardcover
		When soccer star Brandi Chastain famously stripped off her shirt to celebrate her tournament-winning penalty kick in the 1999 Women's World Cup, she unleashed a global debate about Title IX, women's sports and the controversial mix of feminine power and beauty.
		Interweaving biographical threads from her own life, Chastain addresses issues that relate to both parenting and to playing the game at all levels--from rec league to elite teams--and provides creative and inspirational solutions to the vexing problems that face parents of competitive athletes.
		Chastain's U.S. teammates, her coach/husband, her stepson, and other soccer dignitaries contribute essays to validate Chastain's wisdom adding different voices to the soccer tenets.
	btobsearch.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?btob=Y&pwb=1&ean=9780060765996 (666 words)

	SI.com - SI Players - Body by Brandi: How a soccer legend keeps going strong - Tuesday February 15, 2005 11:52AM
		Brandi: "By taking my hand from a stable surface and placing it on an unstable one [the soccer ball], I'm working different muscles in my arm than I do with a regular push-up.
		Brandi: "Active rest is when you stand holding the handles and continuously make figure eights with the rope.
		Brandi: "I create tension on the elastic band by moving away from the person who's holding it, and I maintain that tension while jumping up to head the ball.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /rssclick/2005/players/02/14/workout0221?section=si_more (884 words)

	Mother of women's World Cup soccer star Brandi Chastain dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Brandi Chastain was in Columbus, Ohio, for an exhibition game of the U.S. women's soccer team against a Scottish team when she got the news.
		Lark Chastain tried to direct her daughter toward activities such as ballet and tap dancing, but by age 10 Brandi Chastain was a soccer fan, and her mother embraced her daughter's pursuit.
		Lark Chastain is survived by her husband, daughter and son.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/09/09/obituary1332EDT0083.DTL&type=printable (221 words)

	gipsverband.de - Brandi Chastain
		In the USA's opening win on Sunday September 21, 2003 over Sweden in the Women's Soccer World Cup, defender Brandi Chastain broke her right foot and missed the rest of the tournament.
		The double World Champion from San Jose, California, was a member of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team that won the first FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 and hero of the United States' victory in the 1999 World Cup with her penalty-kick goal against China.
		Brandi after the injury and her training despite the handicap.
	gipsverband.free.fr /bchastaineg.htm (387 words)

	Apple Pie — Brandi & Lark Chastain
		Lark Chastain was born in Fort Benning, Georgia and led an exciting life as a child, as her father was the Army's USO liaison for all of the stars and celebrities who visited.
		Brandi shook off ballet and tap dancing - and took to soccer with a vengeance—sleeping in her uniform for 2 weeks.
		When that player came back, it was Brandi's brother who was asked to leave the team, not Brandi.
	www.applepiemovie.com /html/brandiandlark.html (271 words)

	subvert.com \| Brandi Chastain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The debate wasn't about the phenomenal match between the U.S. and China, it was about whether Brandi Chastain was trying to advance an ad strategy or personal branding in throwing off her shirt in victory when the U.S. won the game.
		Chastain wasn't flashing her thong in private, she was flaunting her strength and victory in the face of everyone.
		In Chastain's rippling, clenched fist, scream of joy we all felt the double thrill of last weekend: a victory in an important soccer game, and the beginning of the end of women having to explain away their strength.
	www.subvert.com /index.php?id=73&category=4 (302 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Brandi Chastain staying in the game
		So, when most of her team announced they were resigning from the team at the close of the Olympics last week, Chastain decided to leave the door open for her return to the game she loves.
		Chastain is one of the "91s", the basic group of players chosen to fill the USA National Team that electrified America in 1999 when they won the World Cup.
		Chastain understands the effect the success of the women's soccer program has had on sports and women in general.
	www.usolympicteam.com /11723_26732.htm (471 words)

	CNN/SI - Women's World Cup - Out of this World - Friday July 23, 1999 04:31 PM
		With one swift kick Chastain coronated the U.S. women as Queens of the World, which seemed like the next logical step for a team that had gone from near obscurity to a national conversation piece in just three weeks.
		Akers was so loony, in fact, that during extra time she kept asking for the score, even though a TV in the room was tuned to the game.
		As soon as Chastain scored, Akers ripped out her IV lines, tossed aside the oxygen mask and walked--haltingly, but under her own power--to the field for the awards ceremony.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/1999/womens_worldcup/news/1999/07/23/out_of_this_world (2227 words)

	United States National Soccer Players Association - Brandi Chastain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Brandi Chastain has become a symbol for U.S. Soccer after scoring the game winning penalty kick versus China in the 1999 Women¿s World Cup final.
		In addition to her heroics on that day, Chastain was also a member of the 1991 Inaugural World Cup champion team and was a founding member of the WUSA in 2001.
		Chastain had one goal in 2003 in a friendly versus Mexico in September, a 5-0 rout for the U.S. Chastain scored her first goal against Mexico in April, 1991, and went on in that game to score five total goals, a team record for one game.
	www.ussoccerplayers.com /women_players/brandi_chastain (385 words)

	California Gold: Brandi Chastain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For Brandi Chastain and her fiance Jerry Smith, life this summer is a ball.
		Brandi knows that just because they're getting married, doesn't mean their coach/player relationship will end.
		Regardless of who is really the coach, Brandi making the first Olympic women's soccer team is a victory for them both; a victory they will remember and revel in for years to come.
	www.sfgate.com /sports/olympics96/profiles/chastain.html (296 words)

	USATODAY.com - Chastain no longer a part of U.S. women's team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Brandi Chastain, famous for her jerseyless World Cup-winning penalty-kick celebration, is no longer in the plans for the U.S. women's national team.
		The team has a new coach and a host of new faces, but it won't have Brandi Chastain, the defender who was best known for removing her jersey to celebrate her game-winning goal that gave the USA its 1999 World Cup victory at the Rose Bowl.
		Chastain regained it by the end of the Olympics, but the writing was on the wall.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/national/2005-06-22-chastain_x.htm (508 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		Chastain was a member of the 2003 Women's World Cup team and Nike Champions.
		Chastain was a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team and helped the U.S. national team to victories in the Algarve Cup, U.S. Women's Cup, Pacific Cup and Women's Gold Cup.
		Chastain also contributed as a defender to help the United States clinch the first gold medal in women's soccer at the 1996 Olympic Games.
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=1087 (284 words)

	Autographed Brandi Chastain Nike Soccer Ball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Autographed Brandi Chastain Nike Soccer Ball: Brandi Chastain is one of today’s most prolific female athletes.
		Brandi has excelled at being the most famous female soccer player in the world for the past 12 years.
		Brandi has also provided us with one of the greatest moments in the history of women’s sports with her 1999 Women’s World Cup clinching kick on the U.S.’s fifth penalty shot in the Women’s World Cup Final on July 10, 1999 at the Rose Bowl.
	www.worldcupstore.com /st-chassos000000.html (215 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Brandi Chastain
		Brandi Chastain strikes her famous pose after her 1999 World Cup heroics.
		Chastain: It was definitely overwhelming, and there was certainly no way I could have prepared for it.
		Chastain: I'd have to say the weirdest stuff comes from incarcerated adults.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/questions/chastain010618.html (631 words)

	village voice > news > Brandi Has a Ball by Denise Kiernan
		David Letterman may refer to them as "babe city," and they are increasingly put in a sexual context (Ed: see Jockbeat for our comments on a flat-out sexist portrayal), but the women of the United States National Team are usually seen in a much more innocent light.
		Enter Brandi Chastain, "Hollywood," to her teammates, including comic-relief midfielder Julie "Loudy" Foudy who cites Chastain in the media guide as her favorite actress (for her dramatic displays upon being tripped on the field).
		Chastain, for her part, doesn't agree with the criticisms.
	www.villagevoice.com /news/9927,kiernan,6867,3.html (619 words)

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