Brandi Chastain
Brandi Chastain
Brandi Denise Chastainis an American retired professional soccer defender and midfielder and a former member of the United States women's national soccer team...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth21 July 1968
CitySan Jose, CA
CountryUnited States of America
american-athlete baseball coming fans highly league leagues major
Even major league baseball has had times when fans weren't coming out to the games, and the leagues weren't as highly touted as they are today.
band core create elastic field gain head helping holding jumping legs maintain moving opponent pulling pushing tension works
I create tension on the elastic band by moving away from the person who's holding it, and I maintain that tension while jumping up to head the ball. It works my legs and core while also working on balance. You feel it helping on the field when you're going up for a header or when an opponent is pulling or pushing to gain position.
american-athlete charge choose limit nobody player push
Nobody ever told me that I'm in charge of what kind of player I can become, but there's no limit to what I can do if I really choose to push myself.
american-athlete create dues environment pay people positive
Like anything else, you have to pay your dues and create a positive environment for people to want to come out and be a part of it.
soccer believe successful
After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.
mistake racism people
The "r" word [racism] is a scary word to me - I don't like to say it. I'm not trying to say it doesn't exist. It's incredibly inflammatory and invites a lot of awful mistakes and injustices that have happened and still do happen. It's a word that has been thrown around in a way that incites a lot of bad feelings in most people.
soccer being-yourself team
You're just trying to be yourself, and for me, playing soccer is being myself. One day, you're one person on a team. The next thing people are asking your opinion about things you're not an expert on. Because they recognize you, they think you must know something about something - which isn't necessarily the case.
soccer mom games
My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.
soccer motherhood challenges
I'm loving motherhood. It's way harder than soccer, but I love a challenge.
soccer crazy mistake
Soccer has given me a place to express myself, fully and openly. To not be shy. To feel. To be crazy. To try things I might not try. To be honest in relationships. To make mistakes and realize that they're not life-shattering.
kids exercise role-models
Women can be incredible role models for their kids, neighbors and communities just by making good choices in terms of what they're eating and whether they're exercising.
soccer want fields
I love soccer; I want to be on the field.
opportunity shapes doing-me
So I'm still doing my best to stay in shape and hope that opportunity will come back to me.
pain loneliness thinking
I think Id like to be able to heal peoples pain, whether it is hunger, loneliness or whatever.