Standing on either side of a goal net, two individuals are about to take one of the most famous pictures in sports history, which will forever alter their lives.
Twenty-five years ago, in front of 90,185 spectators at Rose Bowl Stadium in California, Brandi Chastain made the game-winning penalty kick in a penalty shootout to help the United States defeat China and win the Women’s World Cup domestically.
The women’s game would have a revolutionary moment in the final, driven by a photographer who captured an image that went beyond sports.
The tale behind the picture of Chastain, the winning penalty taker, and its effects on women’s football have been revealed by World Service’s World Football.
