Brandi Chastain was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame on Monday, and whoever made the plaque for the 1999 Women’s World Cup hero has a lot of explaining to do.
Our very own @brandichastain was inducted into the Bay Area Hall of Fame tonight. Congratulations Brandi! #StampedeTogether pic.twitter.com/tIbEqJqVNa
— Santa Clara Women's Soccer (@SCUWomensSoccer) May 22, 2018
Chastain — a San Jose native and former soccer star at Cal and Santa Clara — told the media that the plaque “is not the most flattering, but it’s nice.” (via the Mercury News)
As the San Francisco Chronicle’s Ann Killion tweeted, this plaque makes the infamous Ronaldo bust look perfect.
Brandi Chastain is one of the most beautiful athletes I’ve ever covered. How this became her plaque is a freaking embarrassment for BASHOF. Makes Cristiano’s look perfect. pic.twitter.com/hta6c0cmSo
— Ann Killion (@annkillion) May 22, 2018
Seriously. @brandichastain is drop dead gorgeous. This makes me insane.
— Ann Killion (@annkillion) May 22, 2018
— 🇵🇷 Aure Santiago Jr. 🇺🇸 (@aurejr408) May 22, 2018
Twitter thinks the plaque looks like a lot of people… and none are Brandi Chastain.
Wow, so how did an overeager Rex Ryan land on a plaque?
Spoiler Alert: He didn’t. What in THE hell is this?
Whoever‘s responsible needs to be fully investigated. (h/t @annkillion) pic.twitter.com/qxYf0F43A1
— Tim Ryan🦤 (@TheSportsHernia) May 22, 2018
Somewhere in Jimmy Carter’s presidential library, there’s a plaque detailing Carter’s success with the Camp David Accords … with the likeness of Brandi Chastain. https://t.co/ht73WaVoVX
— Peter Hartlaub (@peterhartlaub) May 22, 2018
That's not Brandi Chastain; that's Gary Busey! https://t.co/XMwLajxXSo
— Mike Kidd (@MikeFKidd) May 22, 2018
How they confused Brandi Chastain with Jerry Gergich, I have no idea.
That's just awful.
— Christopher Crawford (@Crawford_MILB) May 22, 2018
Nice try, that's obviously Bob Ryan.
— Christian Lukens (@ChristianLukens) May 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/Hi_R8rFan/status/998781406313463808
Is that Bill Belichick with a smile?
— Deuce Mason (@DeuceMason) May 22, 2018
That is Jon Voight. https://t.co/BrmxkLd7eP
— Ryan Burns (@FtblSickness) May 22, 2018
I’ll add Mike Francesa and Mike Martz to the lookalikes.
Please make the lovely Brandi Chastain a new plaque.
[Photo via NBC Bay Area, where you can see more on the induction]
