VANCOUVER — Christine Sinclair is saying goodbye — again. The Canadian soccer legend will play her final game at BC Place on Tuesday when her Portland Thorns take on the Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite FC as part of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup.
The Canadian soccer legend will play her final game at BC Place on Tuesday when her Portland Thorns take on the Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite FC as part of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup.
A significantly smaller crowd is expected for Tuesday's game where the Thorns — a National Women's Soccer League club who are currently battling for a playoff spot — take on the Whitecaps, an academy team composed mainly of teenage players. Her post-playing career includes a role as part-owner of the new professional women's team, Vancouver Rise FC. The club is one of the founding teams in the Northern Super League, which is set to kick off its inaugural season in April.
One of those up-and-coming players is Whitecaps forward Kaylee Hunter. The 16-year-old didn't think facing her idol would ever be a reality.Hunter remembers watching Sinclair take the field at BC Place during a friendly on Team Canada's celebration tour after the national squad won Olympic gold in Tokyo.
The Whitecaps finished their League1 B.C. campaign atop the standings with a 10-0-2 record and went on to beat Hamilton in the League1 Canada Inter-Provincial Championship.
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