Goal celebration
On July 10, 1999, at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, after scoring the fifth kick in the penalty shootout to give the United States the championship, and the win over China in the final game, Chastain celebrated by spontaneously taking off her jersey and falling to her knees in a sports bra, her fists clenched, flexing her arms.[28] Removing a jersey in celebration of a goal is so common in men's soccer that it has, at times, been cause for an automatic yellow card caution, according to the Laws of the Game.[29] The image of her celebration was described in The New York Times as "most iconic photograph ever taken of a female athlete",[30] and it has been considered one of the more famous photographs of a woman celebrating an athletic victory.[31][32] Chastain described the celebration as "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.'"[33]
The next year, FIFA made it a yellow card offense for men or women to celebrate by removing their jerseys.[30]
In 2019, her celebration was commemorated with a bronze statue by Brian Hanlon outside the stadium where it occurred.[34][35]
In the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final at Wembley, England striker Chloe Kelly celebrated her 110th-minute goal against Germany in the same way. Like Chastain, Kelly's goal was a match and tournament winner – in Kelly's case, securing not only the Lionesses' first ever major trophy but the first England senior team major trophy (men's or women's) since the men's team won the 1966 World Cup as hosts. Chastain acknowledged and congratulated Kelly, saying it put "a big smile on my face" and jokingly telling her to "enjoy the free rounds of pints and dinners for the rest of [her] life" from England fans.[36][37] Chastain and Kelly later also swapped shirts after the United States' friendly against England at Wembley that October.[38]
From: wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandi_Chastain
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