Editing Brandi Chastain (section)

==== 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" />