Chastain's Penalty Kick Wins 1999 World Cup
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Brandi Chastain became a famous name on July 10, 1999 at the Women's World Cup at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California when, after scoring the fifth penalty kick to give the United States the win over China in the final game, she celebrated by peeling off her jersey and falling to her knees in a sports bra, her fists clenched in victory. This iconic image of women's athletic triumph was featured on the covers of TIME, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated as well as witnessed by 90,000 fans at the Rose Bowl and a television audience of millions.
Chastain's take on the incident was “Momentary insanity, nothing more, nothing less. I wasn’t thinking about anything. I thought, ‘This is the greatest moment of my life on the soccer field.’”
