National Team: Played in 24 matches in 1998 and was third on the team in minutes played with 1,894 ... Scored five goals, four of penalty kicks, and had five assists ... Saw considerable action in midfield after playing defense since rejoining the national team in 1996 ... Helped the USA to the first-ever Goodwill Games gold medal in the Summer of '98 ... During 1999, she should become the 10th U.S. player to reach 100 career caps ... Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Olympic Games ... Started and played every minute of the USA's five matches at the '96 Olympics, despite suffering a serious knee injury in the semifinal against Norway ... Called into training camp with the national team in September 1995 after spending over two years away from the program ... A forward her entire youth, college and national team career, she converted to defender and started in the back for 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 during the first part of 1996 and earned a starting spot on the Olympic Team ... Member of the U.S. Women's National Team that won the first FIFA Women's World Cup in China in 1991, 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 1991 World Cup, her first international goals ... She finished the CONCACAF tournament with seven goals ... A reserve forward in the first half of her national team career, she earned 62 of her 79 caps primarily at defender in 1996, 97 and '98.
College/High School: Finished her college career at Santa Clara University in 1990, leading the Broncos to two Final Four appearances ... Named First-Team NSCAA All-American in 1990 and All-Far West in 1989... She attended the University of California-Berkeley in 1986, earning Soccer America Freshman of the Year honors where she teamed with U.S. teammate Joy Fawcett ... Sat out the 1987 and 1988 college seasons 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 Skiroki Serena for one season where she was named the team's MVP and was the only foreigner to be selected as one of the league's top 11 players in 1993 ... Played women's club for the Sacramento Storm, the 1997 Western Regional Champions.
Personal: Full name Brandi Denise Chastain ... Assistant women's team coach at Santa Clara where she is married to the head coach, Jerry Smith ... Earned a degree in Television and Communications at Santa Clara ... Enjoys snowboarding, drawing, visiting pet shelters and teaching herself new languages ... Served as a judge for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Official Poster Contest.
First Appearance: June 1, 1988, vs. Japan. First Goal: April 18, 1991, vs. Mexico (scored five goals)
