Brandi Chastain

After 120 minutes, including two overtime periods, victory lay at the feet of 30-year-old Brandi Chastain….

The United States and China were locked in a scoreless tie. U.S. goal-keeper Briana Scurry had made a diving, fingertip save deflecting a Chinese shot. The game … had come down to a single penalty kick. Chastain approached the ball and barely hesitated before drilling her shot perfectly into the upper right corner of the net.

As frenzied fans … roared, she whipped off her shirt and waved it at the crowd before being buried in celebration by … her teammates.

Source: Starr, Mark, Martha Brant and Sam Register. Newsweek, July 19, 1999.