Brandi Chastain (born July 21, 1968), another bay area native, attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California. While at Mitty she helped take her team to three section championships. In 1986 Chastain was awarded the Soccer America Freshmen Player of the Year award at the University of California-Berkeley. Soon after, she underwent reconstructive surgery on both knees which caused her to miss much of the 1987 and 1988 seasons. She transferred to Santa Clara University before the start of the 1989 season, leading them to two Final Four NCAA appearances, 1989 and 1990, before she graduated in 1991.

Chastain is now a professional soccer player. She was on the U.S. women's national soccer team from 1991 to 2004 and the San Jose CyberRays of the WUSA (2001-2003). She recently played for the California Storm in the WPSL, and currently plays for FC Gold Pride of the WPS league. She is best known for her game-winning penalty kick against China in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final.

She is currently the women's soccer coach at Santa Clara University, and lives in San Jose, California, with her husband.