Canada Soccer

Notes

Christine Margaret Sinclair... soccer family (uncles Bruce Gant and Brian Gant)... both of her parents were born in Vancouver, BC... she was four years old when she started playing soccer for South Burnaby Metro Club (she wore #10 for the Burna Bees)... grew up playing soccer, baseball and basketball... favourites have included Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Liverpool... other favourites have included Roberto Alomar... studied Life Science at U. of Portland (2001-05)... as a youth player in 2002, was noted by the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship Technical Study Group (“excellent goalscorer, dangerous, great crosses”)... as part of the Canadian Soccer Association’s Centennial Celebration in 2012, was honoured on the All-Time Canada XI women’s team... served as Canada’s flag bearer at the London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremonies... once said of her attacking skills, “I really don’t think about scoring, but instead think more about being dangerous”... said teammate Karina LeBlanc, Christine is “humble, but willing to do anything”... said coach John Herdman, “for me she is like a Rolls Royce: everything about her is class”...

For Club

won the 2002 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship with Portland after a victory over Santa Clara... missed the 2003 college season (redshirt)... set a Portland school record with 39 goals in 2005... won the 2005 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship with Portland after a 4:0 victory over UCLA... was just the fourth player to win the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy in back-to-back years (2004, 2005)... helped the Vancouver Whitecaps win the 2006 W-League Western Division title... won the 2006 W-League championship with the Vancouver Whitecaps after a 3:0 victory over the Ottawa Fury... missed the 2007 club season (was part of the Canadian residency program)... won the 2010 WPS Championship with FC Gold Pride after a 4:0 victory over the Philadelphia Independence... played for Western New York Flash (she scored the first WPS goal in franchise history on 17 April 2011)...

For Country

she was 16 years old when she made her debut for Canada (12 March 2000)... she was one of five players that made her debut in Canadian head coach Even Pellerud’s debut (an 0:4 loss to China PR at the Algarve Women’s Cup)... represented Canada at the 2000 Algarve Women's Cup... finished fourth with Canada at the 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup... scored 10 goals in June 2010 (one less than the national record)... set national record with 15 goals in a season (2000)... represented Canada at the 2001 Algarve Women's Cup... represented Canada at the 2002 Algarve Women's Cup... won a silver medal with Canada at the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for USA 2003... won a silver medal with Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2002... she played in a career-high 34 consecutive Canada matches from her 12 March 2000 debut to 7 March 2002... she was the seventh women's footballer to make her 50th appearance for Canada (04 September 2003)... represented Canada at the 2003 Algarve Women's Cup... finished fourth with Canada at the FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003... finished third with Canada at the 2004 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament in Costa Rica... she was the fifth women's footballer to make her 75th appearance for Canada (25 February 2006)... won a silver medal with Canada at the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for China 2007... she was the third women's footballer to make her 100th appearance for Canada (30 August 2007)... won a bronze medal with Canada at the XV Pan American Games Rio 2007... represented Canada at the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007... set national record with 16 goals in a season (2007)... finished first with Canada at the 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup... finished second with Canada at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament (Canada qualified for the Beijing 2008 Olympics)... reached the quarter-final phase with Canada at the Beijing 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament... finished second with Canada at the 2009 Cyprus Women's Cup... she became the 10th women's footballer (the first Canadian) to score 100 international goals (20 February 2010)... won a gold medal with Canada at the 2010 CONCACAF championship / FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers for Germany 2011... finished first with Canada at the 2010 Cyprus Women's Cup... finished first with Canada at the 2011 Cyprus Women's Cup... represented Canada at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011... won a gold medal with Canada at the XVI Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011... won a silver medal with Canada at the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament in Vancouver... finished second with Canada at the 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup... won an Olympic bronze medal with Canada at the London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament...