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National Team: Member
of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Centennial
Olympic Games ... Started and played every minute of USA's five matches
at the '96 Olympic Games ... Began training with the national team in September
1995 after spending two years away from the program ... Showed she still
has excellent read of the game and came into camp at very high fitness level
despite not having competed in an international match in two years ... A
forward her entire career youth, college and national team career, she converted
to defender and started in the back of the USA on January 14, 1996, against
Russia in Campinas, Brazil after having not appeared for the national team
since August 8, 1993 ... Made a seamless transition from striker to defense
and earned a starting spot on the Olympic Team ... Played with the 1993
U.S. women's team, champions of the CONCACAF Championship in New York ...
Played for the gold-medal West Team at the 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival in
San Antonio, Texas ... Member of the 1991 World Championship U.S. Women's
National Team, seeing action in two games while starting one ... Holds the
distinction of coming on as a substitute and scoring five consecutive goals
in the USA's 12-0 victory over Mexico in CONCACAF qualifying for the first-ever
women's world championship, her first international goals .... She finished
the CONCACAF tournement with seven goals. College/High School: Finished
her college soccer career at Santa Clara University in 1990, leading the
Broncos to two Final Four appearances ... Named first-team All-American
in 1990 and All-Far West in 1989 with Santa Clara ... She attended the University
of California-Berkeley in 1986, earning Soccer America Freshmen player
of the Year honors ... Sat out 1987 and 1988 season after having anterior
cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery on both of her knees before transferring
to Santa Clara for her final two seasons ... Scored 32 goals and added eight
assists in three years of college ... Attended Archbishop Mitty High School
in San Jose where she led the team to three straight state championships.
Club: Played professionally in Japan for Skiroke Serena for one season,
1993. Personal: Full name Brandi Denise Chastain ... Assistant women's
team coach at Santa Clara. | |||
