Canadian Olympic champion Christine Sinclair from Burnaby, British Columbia, has retired from international soccer at the age of 40. While she hangs up her cleats for Team Canada, she is expected to continue playing for the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League.
Sinclair won a gold medal for Canada in 2021 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She also won the bronze medal for Canada at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics London 2012 Olympic Games and that 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In addition to Olympic gold, she was part of Team Canada that won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
One could argue that Sinclair is the greatest female footballer of all time. She has scored 190 international goals for Team Canada. Although Canada has underperformed at the World Cup level in its career, its teams have been sensational at the last three Olympics.
Four times in Sinclair’s international career she scored four goals in a game. They earned an 11-1 win over Haiti at the 2002 CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup in Victoria, British Columbia, an 11-1 win over Jamaica at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro and an 8-0 win over Guyana in CONCACAF 2010 Women’s Gold Cup in Cancun, Mexico, and a 6-0 victory over Haiti at the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Soccer Tournament in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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