After leading Canada to gold at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, captain Christine Sinclair came to a realization. 'After Tokyo, deep down inside, I knew I didn't want to play in Paris,' she said, referencing the 2024 Olympics.
After leading Canada to gold at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, captain Christine Sinclair came to a realization.
"I can sit here and know that I've literally done everything I can and given all of me to this national team since I was 16 years old," she told The Canadian Press."In terms of what I've done and knowing the work I've put into it, I have zero regrets … I know I've done everything I can for as long as I can. And the team's in good hands moving forward."
Sinclair has been the face of Canadian soccer for a long time, a world-class talent with down-home values. Not one to seek the spotlight, she did most of her talking on the pitch.“She doesn’t do anything outrageous," Canadian forward Janine Beckie said in 2020."Like she’s not the kind of player that flicks the ball over her head, juggles it five times and hits it upper 90 . There are those kind of players but they are up-and-down players.
Sinclair says she would like to get into coaching after she retires for good, although not as a head coach. "Obviously there's still a lot of work to be done, in terms of the pipeline for youth players and youth national teams and a professional league," she said."I still have that fear that if we don't change some things, we'll get left behind as a program/ But in terms of the players that are there, they're fine. They're going to be great,"
The record-tying goal came on a penalty kick in the seventh minute. The milestone 185th goal came in the 23rd minute as Sinclair, left alone, converted an Adriana Leon feed.
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