Editing Brandi Chastain (section)

===Collegiate===

====California Golden Bears, 1986====
Chastain attended [[University of California, Berkeley]] where she played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for the [[California Golden Bears|Golden Bears]] and scored 15 goals as a freshman.<ref name="scu_bio"/> Following her first and only year with the Bears, she was named All-American and earned Freshman Player Of The Year honors by [[Soccer America]].<ref name="history_of_icons"/><ref name="scu_bio">{{cite web|title=Brandi Chastain|url=http://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/w-soccer/coaches/Chastain_Brandi|publisher=Santa Clara University|access-date=27 March 2017|archive-date=March 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328015624/http://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/w-soccer/coaches/Chastain_Brandi|url-status=dead}}</ref> Soon after, she underwent reconstructive [[anterior cruciate ligament]] (ACL) surgeries on both knees which caused her to miss the 1987 and 1988 seasons.<ref name="history_of_icons"/>

==== Santa Clara Broncos, 1989–1990 ====
After transferring to [[Santa Clara University]] ahead of the 1989 season, Chastain helped lead the [[Santa Clara Broncos|Broncos]] to two consecutive Final Four [[NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship|NCAA College Cup]] appearances (for the first time ever) in [[1989 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament|1989]] and [[1990 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament|1990]]. Chastain scored ten goals for the Broncos during the regular season. In 1990, she was a national scoring leader with 22 goals (50 points) and helped the Broncos to a {{win-loss record|w=18|l=1|d=1}} record. The same year, she was named the [[ISAA Player of the Year]].<ref name="scu_bio"/> She also won the [[Honda Sports Award]] as the nation's top soccer player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gozags.com/sports/2018/6/12/genrel-030610aaa-html.aspx|title=Gonzaga's Jeff Brown Inducted Into WCC Hall Of Honor|website=Gonzaga University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/soccer|title=Soccer|website=CWSA|language=en|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> She graduated from SCU with a degree in communications in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://santaclarabroncos.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/brandi-chastain/189|title=Broncos:Brandi Chastain|website=SCU broncos roster|language=en|access-date=2023-10-30}}</ref>