Brandi Chastain is an iconic American athlete, a retired soccer player, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, broadcaster and two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion. California-born Chastain has had a fantastic career, playing professionally for several major teams, including Shiroki FC in the Japan Women’s Football League, the San Jose CyberRays of the Women’s United Soccer Association, FC Gold Pride of Women’s Professional Soccer, and California Storm of Women’s Premier Soccer League. Between the 1988 and 2004, Chastain played for the U.S. Women’s National Team; it was during this time that the squad won two Olympic gold medals and two World Cups.
In sports broadcasting, Chastain has worked as a commentator for soccer matches both with NBC Sports during the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and with ABC/ESPN covering Major League Soccer and the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. A champion of girls’ health, Chastain co-founded the Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative in 2005 with a mission to create programs and partnerships through which women athletes bring health, hope, and wholeness to the community. She is the author of the 2005 book, “It’s Not About the Bra: Play Hard, Play Fair, and Put the Fun Back Into Competitive Sports.”