Christine Sinclair’s near 20-year tenure with the Canadian women’s national soccer team has been a roller coaster, as the program navigated the typical ups and downs that come with development. The 36-year-old debuted in 2000, three years before FIFA began ranking countries in the international women’s game. “We’re just so much more talented than we ever have been, and you combine that with what makes us Canadian … our hard work and grit, it excites me,” Sinclair said recently. “We’ve got a lot of different structures within this team, so it’s from game to game,” Heiner-Moller said. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW“To be a top-five team in the world is a remarkable achievement for Canada and this group of players,” Sinclair said.

Source: thestar June 09, 2019 20:48 UTC