Editing Brandi Chastain (section)

==Early life==
Chastain was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]] and began playing soccer at the age of eight.<ref name="chitribune_051103">{{cite news|last1=Emmons|first1=Mark|title=After losing her mother and father to unexpected deaths over the last seven months, U.S. star Brandi Chastain seeks new sources of strength|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/05/11/after-losing-her-mother-and-father-to-unexpected-deaths-over-the-last-seven-months-us-star-brandi-chastain-seeks-new-sources-of-strength/|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=27 March 2017|date=May 11, 2003}}</ref> Because there was no girls' soccer team at Davis Junior High School, she played for the boys' soccer team after a successful tryout.<ref name="history_of_icons"/>
Chastain attended [[Archbishop Mitty High School]] and helped lead the team to three consecutive Central Coast Section championships.<ref name="history_of_icons">{{cite book|author-link1=Murry R. Nelson|last1=Nelson|first1=Murry R.|title=American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 Volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas|publisher=ABC-CLIO|pages=230–232|isbn=978-0313397530|date=May 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="bellamine_110714">{{cite web|title=Olympian and World Cup Champion Brandi Chastain Joins Soccer Coaching Staff|url=http://www.bcp.org/news/article/index.aspx?LinkId=15584&ModuleId=152|publisher=Bellarmine College Preparatory|access-date=27 March 2017|date=November 7, 2014|archive-date=March 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327173243/http://www.bcp.org/news/article/index.aspx?LinkId=15584&ModuleId=152|url-status=dead}}</ref>