Brandy Chastain

Brandi Denise Chastain (born 21 July 1968, in San Jose, California) is a professional American soccer defender and midfielder currently playing for FC Gold Pride of Women's Professional Soccer and is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team.

Chastain has played for San Jose CyberRays of the WUSA and California Storm of the WPSL. She is best known for her game-winning penalty against China in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final and her bra-baring celebration afterwards.

Personal information
Full name Brandi Denise Chastain
Date of birth 21 July 1968 (1968-07-21) (age 41)
Place of birth San Jose, California, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position Defender/Midfielder

Professional career

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 6 December 2004.

She appeared in the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team.

She was a broadcaster with ABC/ESPN on their coverage of Major League Soccer.

Chastain's website and her book about women's competitive sports are titled It’s Not About the Bra.

She posed nude except for soccer cleats and a strategically-placed soccer ball in the men's magazine Gear.

Chastain served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Soccer at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Chastain was the Official spokesperson for Pfizer's (legacy Wyeth) multivitamin product Centrum Ultra.