When Christine Sinclair first made the national squad, Canada had failed to qualify for two Olympics and hadn’t won a game in two Women’s World Cup appearances. The team she leads into Monday’s game in Montpellier, France, is ranked fifth in the world.
Sinclair was born into a soccer family just outside Vancouver and started playing at the age of 4, following in the footsteps of her father, Bill, and uncles Brian and Bruce Gant, who were all on amateur championship teams. But Sinclair was also a talented basketball and baseball player, making the all-star team as a second baseman in a boys’ league when she was 11.
“She’s a total professional. And she’s eager to get better,” said former U.S. national team star Heather O’Reilly. “If you’re not feeling like you’re moving forward and adding to your game, something’s wrong. “They’re the No. 1 team in the world for a reason,” she says of the U.S. “Right now we’re worried about getting out of our group. People that know women’s football know that we’re one of the best teams in the world.Sinclair insisted she doesn’t care about the goal-scoring record either; not with a World Cup to win.
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