Christine Sinclair, 41, has led Portland to the NWSL championship in 2013, 2017 and 2022, the NWSL Shield in 2016 and 2021, as well as the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, 2021 Women's International Champions Cup and 2020 NWSL Community Shield.
Christine Sinclair, one of the founding players for the Portland Thorns in the National Women's Soccer League, announced Friday she's retiring from the game. She retired from the Canadian national team last year.Christine Sinclair, 41, has led Portland to the NWSL championship in 2013, 2017 and 2022, the NWSL Shield in 2016 and 2021, as well as the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, 2021 Women's International Champions Cup and 2020 NWSL Community Shield.
She has led Portland to the NWSL championship in 2013, 2017 and 2022, the NWSL Shield in 2016 and 2021, as well as the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, 2021 Women's International Champions Cup and 2020 NWSL Community Shield."For the last 11 years it has been an honour to be part of the Portland Thorns organization. The club that showed the world what is possible when women's sports are invested in," she wrote.
"Thorns FC is proud to honour the monumental career of our very own Christine Sinclair," the Thorns said in a news release. She is also among just five players to appear in six Women's World Cups, and one of just three players to score in five. But a World Cup trophy eluded her.Vancouver Rise FC of the newly formed Northern Super League has teased that Sinclair may take on a role with the club, posting a photo of her with the caption "Something BIG coming soon."
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