Chistine Sinclair is the all-time leading scorer in international goals for men and women scoring the 184th and 185th goals at the 2020 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. On January 29th of 2020 Sinclair tied and quickly surpassed Abby Wambach for most international goals scored by men and women in soccer. Born in Burnaby, Sinclair began playing soccer at the age of four, her father Bill Sinclair and two uncles, Bruce and Brian Sinclair were all soccer champions with her uncles playing at a professional level. Throughout her youth Sinclair has always been a passionate soccer player, at eleven she was selected to British Columbia’s under 14 all star soccer team as well as leading the Burnaby Girls Soccer Club to six league titles, five provincial titles and two national finishes. At 15 she played for Canada’s under 18 national team and made her debut at the senior level at age 16 at the 2000 Algarve cup where she scored three goals. Sinclair attended the University of Portland where she was quickly seen as a leader to Portland Pilots coach Clive Charles, her soccer career in college including playing 94 games with a total of 110 goals and 34 assists, she was also awarded the Hermann Trophy and Honda Sports Award. Playing at the international level for Canada since the age of 16, Sinclair has played at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in the years 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. She also played at the 2012 London Olympics where she broke the record for most goals scored in Olympic Women’s soccer. Today Christine Sinclair is in her twentieth year of playing internationally, she has won Canadian Soccer Player of the year fourteen times and been nominated for FIFA Player of the year seven times. She currently plays and is captain for the Portland Thorns in the National Women’s Soccer League and the Canadian national team.

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