One of the legends of Canadian soccer decided to turn the page on 23 years with a selection. Christine Sinclair, 40, announced her retirement from international football on Friday. However, she will be able to better her record of 327 caps and 190 goals at the end of the month. She was called up for the two friendly matches against Brazil scheduled for October 28 and 31 in Montreal and Halifax. Tickets sold out in 20 minutes.
Sinclair is the greatest international goalscorer of all time. The record was held until 2020 by Abby Wambach and her 184 goals for the United States. Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo tops the national team’s top scorers with 127 goals.
“Honestly, you can’t play forever.” The forty-year-old man told Reuters. This seems like the right time to do so. » His amazing journey with the national team will end with these two farewell matches. Sinclair, the gold medalist in Tokyo in 2021, will therefore not participate in her fifth Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020).
It participated in six editions of the World Cup (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023), the last edition of which ended in the group stage and was eliminated by Australia (0-4), the host country of the competition. She will continue to play for her club, Portland Thorns, in the NFL.
