USA's Brandi Chastain rips off her shirt in celebration and drops to her knees after scoring her penalty in the shoot-out against China's Gao Hong and securing the Womens World Cup for the USA. "It was awesome." It still is. After 120 minutes, the United States and China remained scoreless in the final of the 1999 Women's World Cup on July 10, 1999. In the ensuing penalty shootout, U.S. goalkeeper Brianna Scurry managed to save a shot from China's Liu Ying. Soon after, U.S. defender Brandi Chastain stepped to the spot before a record-setting crowd of 90,125 fans at the Rose Bowl. If she scored, the U.S. women's soccer team would win the World Cup. Chastain scored, sweeping the ball past...
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