Brandi Chastain knows a thing or two about championships.

The San Jose native authored one of the greatest moments in United States women’s soccer history when her penalty kick won the 1999 World Cup in the championship game against China.

Twenty-six years later, she’s now a part-owner of Bay FC, part of the “Founding Four” that brought professional women’s soccer back to the Bay Area after a decade-plus hiatus.

This week, the women’s soccer world’s spotlight will be on Silicon Valley as PayPal Park hosts the National Women’s Soccer League championship, a first for the Bay Area and San Jose. It’s an opportunity for Bay FC to showcase the growth of its franchise over the past two years, and it’s one Chastain and her fellow owners don’t plan to miss out on.

“It shows that our community a

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