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Soccer Star Brandi Chastain Holds Clinic In New Rochelle

The all-girl clinic drew 100 soccer players.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A world-class athlete held a soccer clinic last week at the Ursuline School in New Rochelle. Olympic and World Cup soccer player Brandi Chastain coached 100 girls, ages 6 to 17, doing drills with them and talking about her trials and tribulations, such as being cut from the U.S. team before her first World Cup championship.

The clinic was the organized by Bronxville resident and former “Today Show” producer Andrea Montalbano, who is herself an athlete, the Journal News said. [Get Patch’s Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts here.]

For more details, read the complete Journal News article here.

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