She is a former soccer player and current broadcaster with ABC/ESPN on their coverage of Major League Soccer who was with the United States women's national soccer team from 1991 to 2004.
She also played for the San Jose CyberRays. Chastain is married to Santa Clara University women's soccer coach, Jerry Smith. The two are expecting their first child in 2006.
Brandi Chastain enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley in 1986, where she was awarded the Soccer America Freshmen Player Of The Year award. Soon after this she underwent reconstructive surgery on both her knees which caused her to miss much of the 1987 and 1988 seasons. In 1989, she transferred to Santa Clara University, leading their soccer team to two final four NCAA appearances before graduating in 1990.
Chastain first represented her country on April 18, 1991, against Mexico. 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 FIFA Women's World Cup. Team USA went on to win the World Cup, staged in China, in the same year. Chastain next participated with the national team in the 1993 CONCACAF championships of New York, another tournament which the Americans won. Later in 1993 she joined the West Team, which won the gold medal at the Texas Olympic Festival.
Her first stint as a member of the national team came to an end on August 8, 1993, but she made the team once again in 1996 and participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games at defender, helping the Americans win the gold medal.
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