Canada full house at Stade Saputo

A full house of 19,619 watched Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team on Saturday afternoon in Montréal, the largest crowd ever for an international friendly in the province of Québec. It was a terrific atmosphere as captain Christine Sinclair played what she expects will be her fourth-last match for Canada, but the Brazilians spoiled the party with a late Débinha goal from a turnover.

It was Sinclair’s milestone 50th career match in Canada and she featured as a substitute in the second half. Jessie Fleming wore the captain’s armband, but withdrew after 22 minutes because of illness while Bianca St-Georges made her first-ever appearance in Canada. Canada goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan earned Performance of the Match honours.

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Both Canada and Brazil will move east to Halifax where they will meet again for another sold-out match on Tuesday 31 October at Wanderers Ground. That will make it three sell-out matches in a row since the September home match in Toronto when Canada qualified for the Olympic Games.

The Tuesday match in Halifax will will be broadcast live on OneSoccer, available on the fuboTV Canada platform, as a linear channel on Telus’s Optik TV (Channel 980), as well as online at OneSoccer.ca and through the OneSoccer app. ​ Fans will find extended coverage across Canada Soccer’s digital channels on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube featuring the hashtag #CANWNT.

Since March 2000, Sinclair has made 328 career international “A” appearances, second most in the history of world football. She has captained Canada to a Concacaf Championship in 2010, a Pan American Games Gold Medal in 2011, back-to-back Olympic Bronze Medals in 2012 and 2016, and an Olympic Gold Medal in 2021. She has also helped Canada finish fourth at the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup and sixth at the record-setting FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada back in 2015.