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Brandi Chastain is cool about odd Hall of Fame plaque: 'It’s not the most flattering. But it’s nice.'

That being said, here's a shot of retired soccer star Brandi Chastain as many of us remember her, famously celebrating her game-winning shootout kick for the U.S. in the 1999 women's World Cup final against China.

Brandi Chastain celebrates her game-winning shootout kick for the U.S. during the 1999 women's World Cup final against China. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

Maybe not. Here's Chastain standing next to the plaque during the induction ceremony at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.

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But San Francisco Chronicle columnist Ann Killion, who wrote the inscription on the plaque, didn't mince words.