- Brandi Chastain’s striking image celebrating her 1999 World Cup penalty kick win by dropping to her knees and ripping off her jersey is an unforgettable and iconic image that reverberated around the world, symbolizing the sheer joy of victory and the power of women in sports. 
 
 And then there was the plaque dedicated to her on Monday night inducting her into the San Francisco Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame. 
 
 By all accounts: A flop. 
 
 "No, I didn't feel it was a perfect representation," Chastain told KTVU on Tuesday. "But I'm not an artist. I don't know how hard it is to make one of these things." 
 
 Added her husband, Jerry Smith: “It’s really not flattering.” Smith said that when he walked into the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco for the ceremony, he was confused. “I walked in there and I’m trying to figure out which one is Brandi,” he said. “I finally see her name and said, ‘Oh my gosh.’ I don’t think that looks too much like her.” 
 
 WATCH: Brandi Chastain's historic World Cup kick in 1999 
 
 San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Ann Killion felt both descriptions by the San Jose soccer couple were a major understatement. Killion told them, “that’s a freaking embarrassment.” 
 
 An unknown artist designed the bronze plaque for the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, which shows a lumpy floating face, at least 30 pounds heavier than the real Chastain, and a hairdo that George Washington’s wife, Martha, might have worn. On Twitter, art critics likened the Chastain to (a stoned) Jimmy Carter, Bill Belichick, Gary Busey, Babe Ruth and Mickey Rooney. The closest woman she was compared to was Mrs.Doubtfire, played by the late Robin Williams. Chastain said she looks like Biff from "Back to the Future." 
 
 I don't know about Brandi Chastain, but they nailed Mickey Rooney. pic.twitter.com/wfSb7irMbx — Jason Davis, The ⚽📻 Maker (@davisjsn) May 22, 2018 
 
 Smith, now a soccer coach at Santa Clara University, explained that the bronze plaque honoring his wife – a two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Cup champion – did not serve her justice because she is such a beautiful powerhouse -- something the 1999 photo of her captured for all of eternity. 
 
 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 
 
 Hall of Fame president Kevin O'Brien, who used to be the General Manager at KTVU, said he didn't like the plaque either, but he wouldn't out the particular artist and "ruin his career." 
 
 O'Brien said he spoke with Chastain Tuesday morning and offered to redo the plaque if she sent in a new photo of herself. She agreed and a new plaque will eventually be made, O'Brien said. "It's expensive," he said. "But it's the right thing to do." 
 
 Fans thought Brandi Chastain's plaque was a total bust https://t.co/I0AdD8kgrT — Daniel Brown (@mercbrownie) May 22, 2018 
 
 Chastain was honored alongside San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Harris Barton,San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain, Golden State Warriors Tim Hardaway and former 49ers executive John McVay. Someone on Twitter said perhaps Chastain's greatest achievement is "smiling graciously next to this whackass plaque." 
 
 The Bay Area Hall of Fame is a nonprofit that honors local athletes and awards grants for at-risk young people to play sports. The organization has given away more than $3 million to more than 500 youth organizations in the Bay Area over three decades. 
 
 Chastain said she hopes the plaque-flap won't cloud what really matters and will start a conversation about something more important. 
 
 "I want people to focus on what the Hall of Fame really does for our community and youth sports," Chastain said. 
 
 What the plaque looks like really isn't that big of a deal, Smith said, proudly describing his wife, and her reaction to it, as a class act. 
 
 “She always handles those things with style and grace,” Smith said. “She didn’t want it to take away from the wonderful-ness of the night. She chose to emphasize the positive.” 

 Yikes. Brandi Chastain's Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame plaque is bad. Really bad. 
 
 The 1999 Women’s World Cup hero was presented with the strange piece of art on Monday. 
 
 Our very own @brandichastain was inducted into the Bay Area Hall of Fame tonight. Congratulations Brandi! #StampedeTogether pic.twitter.com/tIbEqJqVNa — SCU Women's Soccer (@SCUWomensSoccer) May 22, 2018 
 
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 "It's not the most flattering, but it's nice," said Chastain of the plaque. 
 
 Here's how the internet reacted to the bizarre artwork: 
 
 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 
 
 So @annkillion says Brandi Chastain’s plaque for the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame is set to be redone. Which, you know, yes. pic.twitter.com/vdWQLHLv8G — Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) May 22, 2018 
 
 I don't know about Brandi Chastain, but they nailed Mickey Rooney. pic.twitter.com/wfSb7irMbx — Jason Davis, The ⚽📻 Maker (@davisjsn) May 22, 2018 
 
 What'd Brandi Chastain do to deserve this?! pic.twitter.com/WE5Xz2NZZG — Cass Anderson (@casspa) May 22, 2018 
 
 Brandi Chastain has won a World Cup and gold medals but her greatest achievement is smiling graciously next to this whackass plaque pic.twitter.com/YzGda3g4vF — Ryan Mac (@RMac18) May 22, 2018 
 
 Big congrats to Jerry/Larry/Gary Gergich for his admission into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame #ParksandRec #brandichastain pic.twitter.com/tv2NImXhIr — Ziggy (@BarnBurnerZiggy) May 22, 2018 
 
 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 
 
 Congratulates to Cristiano Ronaldo and Brandi Chastain on their recent engagement pic.twitter.com/3eYZfv43wi — Troy Hughes™ (@TommySledge) May 22, 2018 
 
 Looks like the artist used this GIF to construct the plaque. You can add this one to so many others of athletes who look nothing like their plaque/statue/mold. Much apologies to @brandichastain. @ussoccer_wnt pic.twitter.com/8vKE3dhPnE — Rob Kelley (@RobKelley24) May 22, 2018 
 
 Brandi Chastain could legitimately sue somebody for this. They've made her look like Mike Batt. pic.twitter.com/WHZlE7em7Z — Who Ate All The Pies (@waatpies) May 22, 2018 
 
 Brandi Chastain’s plaque looks like someone tried to imagine Babe Ruth doing the @chrissyteigen face. pic.twitter.com/KujRc44KQH — 10¢B (@TenCentBeers) May 22, 2018 
 
 The one on the right is the one on the plaque! 👀😳. Uh, no. #brandichastain @brandichastain pic.twitter.com/xXTMAK1JOS — Mauricio A. Perez (@aztecamau) May 22, 2018 
 
 I had no idea at the time, but apparently I bought a new air conditioner from Brandi Chastain. https://t.co/EfOM7bmTML — Essential ConsulVints, L.L.C. (@PV_GIA) May 22, 2018 
 
 “We couldn’t find a picture of Brandi Chastain so we used Gary Oldman as Dracula instead...” https://t.co/5SV7atbOor — go away (@MarktheNomad) May 22, 2018 

 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 

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 SAN FRANCISCO — Brandi Chastain’s bust has again stirred a national debate. This time it’s the South Bay soccer icon’s supposed likeness on her new Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame plaque that’s created a social media frenzy. 
 
 The plaque honoring Chastain upon her enshrinement into the BASHOF on Monday evening was so widely panned — featuring a bronze face that not only didn’t look much like her but didn’t even look female — that a new one was already being planned on Tuesday. 
 
 “We’re going to redo it,” said Kevin O’Brien, the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame president and chief executive officer. “We weren’t happy with the rendering. It was not a great job.” 
 
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 Sure, Brandi Chastain’s plaque is a bust, but others have been worse Luckily, Chastain already left fans with an indelible image. Because fans thought her new bronze plaque looked more like the black plague. 
 
 The problem? The likeness was wildly off. On Twitter, fans suggested the image looked more like Jimmy Carter … or Gary Busey … or Bill Belichick … or (for the old school crowd) Mickey Rooney. 
 
 “It’s not the most flattering,” Chastain said, diplomatically, while standing on the stage at the lavish ceremony at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. “But it’s nice.” 
 
 One onlooker wondered if they based the plaque on John Elway instead of Chastain. Ann Killion, the San Francisco Chronicle columnist, took it a step further. 
 
 Killion, whose prose accompanied the plaque, got her first look at the likeness Monday night and was not pleased. 
 
 “Brandi Chastain is one of the most beautiful athletes I’ve ever covered,” she tweeted. “How this became her plaque is a freaking embarrassment for BASHOF.” 
 
 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 
 
 Chastain, of course, left a far more glorious picture during her playing days. The two-time Olympic gold medalist drilled the game-winning penalty kick in the 1999 World Cup, then celebrated by falling to her knees, ripping off her jersey and showing off her muscles in a sports bra. 
 
 O’Brien said the artist who made Chastain’s plaque has done many for the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame that were fine. 
 
 “He’s done a lot of the plaques,” O’Brien said. “We’ve never had a complaint.” 
 
 But he explained that the plaques are made from photographs of the subject, a process that doesn’t always produce a satisfying likeness even for other institutions like the National Baseball Hall of Fame. 
 
 “I think it’s very difficult to take a picture and make a perfect rendering,” O’Brien said. 
 
 Yo they chose a bad pic, but the artist kinda hit the pic spot on. #BrandiChastain pic.twitter.com/2oAZX8lQey — Mike Baran (@unclebaran) May 22, 2018 
 
 The original photograph the artist was working from featured Chastain with her hair pulled back and wearing a thick coat with a high collar. But on social media, likened the rendering to football star John Elway or 1950s film icon Mickey Rooney. 
 
 O’Brien said that while he “didn’t think it was well done” when he saw Chastain’s original plaque, “it’s really up to the inductee” and that Chastain told him she “didn’t have a problem with it.” But she accepted his offer to redo the image, which O’Brien said would cost $8,000 to $10,000. 
 
 “She’ll send a different picture and we’re going to redo it,” O’Brien said, “and do it until she’s happy.” 

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 Brandi Chastain Hall of Fame Plaque ... Looks Like Babe Ruth! 
 
 Brandi Chastain Gets Impressively Terrible Hall of Fame Plaque 
 
 Breaking News 
 
 Soccer legend Brandi Chastain is a total babe -- but the people who made her Hall of Fame plaque made her look more like Babe Ruth! 
 
 You remember Brandi ... one of the greatest Team USA soccer players of all time -- she famously ripped off her shirt after scoring the winning goal at the 1999 Women's World Cup. 
 
 Chastain was honored with a plaque at the San Francisco Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame induction on Monday ... but man, did it look bad. 
 
 Gotta hand it to Brandi ... who graciously accepted the plaque despite the fact it looked NOTHING like her. 
 
 "It's not the most flattering, but it's nice," Chastain told reporters during the event Monday night. 
 
 Chastain isn't just classy -- she was AWESOME on the field, racking up 30 international goals for Team USA during her career. Back in 2013, she was named one of the USWNT All-Time Best XI. 
 
 She's also a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
– The good news for Brandi Chastain is that she got inducted into the San Francisco Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame on Monday for her soccer prowess. The bad news is that much of the attention is focusing on her plaque, which bears an image of her that is, as she diplomatically puts it, "not the most flattering," per the San Jose Mercury News. But "it's nice," added Chastain, who once provided the sports world with a more enduring image—her rip-the-shirt-off celebration after a World Cup win in 1999. (See it in the photo gallery.) Some reaction to the new plaque: "Brandi Chastain is one of the most beautiful athletes I’ve ever covered," writes Ann Killion, a sports columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. "How this became her plaque is a freaking embarrassment for BASHOF." BASHOF official Anthony Savicke initially said the group had no plans to redo the plaque. The images on them are "representations" and not meant to be photographic replicas, he said, per the Mercury News. However, Ann Killion of the Chronicle tweeted that a wealthy patron had offered to pay for a new plaque. BASHOF later relented, with its president telling KTVU it will be "expensive" but that the plaque will be redone. Chastain is a "total babe," but the "plaque made her look more like Babe Ruth," complains TMZ. Helpful Twitter users suggest the image was actually of Bill Belichick, Mickey Rooney, Gary Busey, or Jimmy Carter. Plus another vote for Babe Ruth. The Sporting News rounds up other reactions. Lots of people were reminded of the weird bust of men's soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo.