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Portland clinched the National Women's Soccer League Shield — akin to Major League Soccer's Supporters' Shield — with a 1-0 win at the Houston Dash on Sunday that guaranteed the Thorns the best regular-season record.
"I think in North American sports, people are so hooked on the championship game. Whereas you go to Europe, you win a league — that's the top thing … As an athlete, this season has been what? Eight months long? This title means so much to myself and so much to my team because it's the true testament over the course of a season who the best team was.
With 187 international goals, Sinclair is the world's all-time leading goal-scorer. Happy to avoid the limelight off the pitch, the 38-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., is all about the team.He noted that Sinclair talked to the team on the pitch at halftime of the win over Houston, something she does only once or twice a year
It's the final season at the Thorns helm for Parsons, who is leaving to take over the Dutch national women's team. With 82 wins, the 35-year-old Parsons leads all NWSL coaches."We're going to miss him. We wish him all the best. As a Canadian, I don't wish him too much of that success," she said with a laugh.
"I think it's easy for people to point out the struggles in the NWSL," said Sinclair."But as a woman, these things are happening in every professional league around the world. They're happening in businesses and office buildings. It's just in the NWSL it's come to light and us, as players, refuse to stay silent any more.
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