Editing Brandi Chastain (section)

=== International ===
Of her 192 international career [[Cap (sport)|caps]], Chastain played 89 primarily as a defender but occasionally as a [[midfielder]].<ref name="autogenerated1" /> On June 1, 1988, she earned her first cap for the [[United States women's national soccer team]] during a match against [[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]. She scored her first international goal on April 18, 1991. After coming in as a substitute forward, she scored five consecutive goals in the team's 12–0 win against [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico]] during the [[1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

==== 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup ====
The U.S. went on to win the inaugural [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[People's Republic of China|China]].

==== 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup ====
Chastain was not called for the [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[Sweden]], in which the U.S. won the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/brandi-chastain-goal-celebration-shirt/|title=World Cup Throwback: Brandi Chastain and the Greatest Celebration of All Time|website=Vice|date=11 June 2019}}</ref>

==== 1996 Summer Olympics ====
Playing as a defender, Chastain competed with the national team at the [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1996 Women's Olympic Football Tournament]] in Atlanta, the first Olympic tournament to include women's soccer.<ref name="ajc_072416">{{cite news|last1=Roberson|first1=Doug|title=U.S. women blazed trail with inaugural soccer gold|url=http://www.ajc.com/sports/women-blazed-trail-with-inaugural-soccer-gold/LhErlJ3xkvD2UFsY225UNM/|newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=27 March 2017|date=24 July 2016}}</ref> She played every minute of the U.S.' games despite suffering a third serious knee injury during the semifinal against [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/chastain.htm |title=soccer profile: Brandi Chastain |publisher=Soccertimes.com |access-date=January 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011038/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/chastain.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Americans won the gold medal after defeating [[China women's national football team|China]] 2–1 in the final.<ref name="ajc_072416" />

==== 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup ====
In the quarter-finals of the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]], Chastain scored an own goal in the fifth minute for [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]. However, she redeemed herself by scoring the second equalizing goal for the U.S. in the 49th minute, finishing a corner kick that was taken by [[Mia Hamm]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Shipley |first=Amy |date=2 July 1999 |title=U.S. Manages to Hold Its Own |page=D1 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/soccer/longterm/worldcup99/articles/cupusb2.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119012440/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/soccer/longterm/worldcup99/articles/cupusb2.htm |archive-date=19 November 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> The match ended with a 3–2 win to the U.S. to advance to the semi-finals against [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]], which they won 2–0. Later, Chastain, who had missed a penalty kick in the [[1999 Algarve Cup|Algarve Cup]] against [[China women's national football team|China]] months earlier, scored the deciding penalty against the same opponent in the final, clinching the World Cup title for the U.S. in the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Shipley |first=Amy |date=11 July 1999 |title=Chastain, Scurry Are Big Stars in Shootout |page=D1 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/soccer/longterm/worldcup99/articles/cupfinal11.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=13 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406092331/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/soccer/longterm/worldcup99/articles/cupfinal11.htm |archive-date=6 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Chastain celebrated by removing her shirt, exposing her sports bra. This led to both praise and criticism from spectators and sports commentators, and the image of the celebration is considered a key symbol of women's athletics worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |last=Longman |first=Jere |date=July 5, 2003 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/05/sports/soccer-the-sports-bra-seen-round-the-world.html |title=The Sports Bra Seen Round the World |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=October 30, 2012}}</ref>