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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Year: 2004

Set: Choice US Women's National Soccer Team - 91ers (Rate)

Card: #SI5 Brandi Chastain

“ What does 91ers mean? I know less about soccer than any other sport. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ I like it for the most part, but could do without all the random boxes. Needs more stats on the back. ” -jupiterhill

“ Is there a card of her ripping her shirt off? ” -amine

“ 91'ers? Bizarre team name. And that's quite a thick neck for a lady. Looks like Bill Romanowski's neck. ” -Id8jlb8666

“ These rank below the California Raisins Sticker set...at least those have some sort of stats on the back. ” -SFC Temple

“ One look at this card and I knew it was a Choice design. The same design was used for minor league baseball team set that I collect. It is very interesting to see the design used for a different sport. ” -koloth42

“ With 192 caps earned for the National Team Brandi is certainly one of the team's greatest servants. Nice enough looking card but I got to admit to have never heard the nickname 91ers before. ” -Gunny

“ Clearly someone thought this design was too clean and felt the need to "fix" it with a bunch of pointless random boxes. ” -DaClyde

“ Please add more unnecessary rectangle things!!! There aren't quite enough here! ” -revnorb

“ It would be a nice card if it didn't have the rectangles. ” -dobbie

“ I love the uni-related quote on the back! ” -jlaz10

“ I don't collect women's soccer cards. But, if a memorabilia card of the famous sport's bra of the 1999 women's world cup final winning penalty shot ever came out, I would definitely chase it. ” -deporcoruña

“ A least her shirt is on. As an almost soccer fan, I know she was/is a phenomenal athlete, but she most will only remember her for her celebration. As for the design, don't like all the boxes on the front and I would have like some stats about her on the back on just a quote. Could have been a good looking set if not for those boxes. ” -yokonashiwa

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switzr1

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:09 AM

I looked up the name 91ers, and apparently the United States won the women's World Cup in 1991, and 91ers is what they called the players for that team who were still playing for USA at the time this set was made. So it's not actually a soccer team. It's a reference to certain players on the 2004 Olympic team who had been around a long time. Terrible looking card design, by the way.

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Billy Kingsley

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:51 AM

Nice job researching switzr. I have no idea where you would even begin to look that up!

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NJDevils

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9:04 AM
Yes, women's world cup is in odd years, men in even. I dont watch much soccer and it took me a long while to figure out what a "CAP" was. However, does a person get one even for a "friendly?

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