Christine Sinclair

Christine Sinclair ( born June 12, 1983 in Burnaby, Canada ) is a Canadian soccer player. She plays for the Portland Thorns FC and for the Canadian national team. Since 20 February 2010, she has record national of Canada. In December 2012, Sinclair was awarded in Canada with the prestigious Lou Marsh Trophy as Sportsman of the Year.

Career

At the age of eleven years, Sinclair was appointed team of the province of British Columbia in the U-14 Junior All-Star. With the Burnaby South Secondary School, she took three league championships. In 2000, she was at the Algarve Cup debut in the Canadian National Team, where it was equal to the best scorer of her team.

A year later she moved to the University of Portland. In the first season they scored 23 goals, becoming the leading scorer of all " Freshmen " ( players / internally within the first college season). The magazine "Soccer America" ​​magazine named the " Freshman of the Year" and Sinclair was an All-American ( selection of the best college players / indoor season).

In 2002, she scored at the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup seven goals and shared the top scorer with Charmaine Hooper and the US-American Tiffeny Milbrett. With the U-19 national team, she was runner-up at the 2002 World Cup in their own country. They scored ten goals and was awarded top scorer and best player.

Also nationally the year for Sinclair was very successful. With 26 goals was top scorer of the college league. In the final against the Santa Clara University, she scored two goals and secured their team so the championship. Again, she was voted " All American " and was player of the year, the West Coast Conference. In 2003, she finished with the Canadian national team to fourth place at the World Championships.

Your last college season, 2005 was a historic year. With 39 goals, she was again top scorer and put it a new league record. In the final against UCLA, they scored two goals in a 4-0 victory of their team. She was elected player of the year again from the West Coast Conference and was only the second player who received this award three times. Finally it was ever honored as third soccer player with the Honda - Broderick Cup as a college athlete of the year.

Since 2006 she played for the Vancouver Whitecaps in the W- League. Also in 2006, she was elected to the Canadian Player of the Year.

At the age of 24, she already leads the scoring charts in the Canadian national team with 87 goals (as of April 6, 2008 ) on. On 30 August 2007 Sinclair made ​​her 100th international game in a friendly match against Japan.

In 2008 she took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing, but retired in the quarterfinals with 1:2 nV against the U.S..

On February 20, 2010, she scored in Larnaca 3-0 against Poland her 100th international goal, making it one of the twelve players, which this was achieved so far.

From 2009 to 2010 she played in the Women 's Professional Soccer for FC Gold Pride, 2011 for Western New York Flash. With both teams could win the WPS title.

On January 23, 2011, she made ​​the Four Nations Tournament in China against the United States her 150th international match.

On 26 June 2011 she suffered a broken nose in the World Cup opening match against Germany. A substitution She refused and scored 82 minutes into the the 1:2 goal back, making it the first player, who at a World Cup a goal against Nadine Angerer succeeded the previously cashed in 621 WM- minutes produced no results. The gate was then nominated for election to the " Goal of the Tournament ". In the second game against France, she played with a face mask. 10 minutes before the end of the lost with 0:4 game it was taken from a short distance of a ball in the face and had to be treated briefly. Also during the subsequent 0-1 against Nigeria, she played with facial mask. According to their Trainierin she could bring only 40% of their performance by the injury. With the defeat different from Canada without a dot gain as a group last.

During the qualifying tournament for the 2012 Olympics she scored nine goals and was top scorer. Here you get into all games except the final with 0:4 lost against the United States, at least one goal. By further goals in the Cyprus Cup and the following internationals it is now with 143 goals by the US- American Mia Hamm (158 goals) and Abby Wambach (currently 160 goals) the dritttbeste goalscorer in international matches.

In 2012 she was with the Canadian national team also participant at the Summer Olympics and reached Canada after the defeat against world champions Japan as one of the two best third nor the quarter-finals. There, they won against the hosts. In the semi final against the United States, they brought their team three times in the lead, but had to accept the compensation and even the 3:4 in extra time of the extension again and again. In the 3rd place match against France, she led her team to a 1-0 victory and won for the first time a medal at the Olympics. With six goals was top scorer of the tournament and is thus a total of eight goals together with the two Brasilianierinnen Marta and Pretinha in fourth place in the Rekordtorschützinnen list.

As Western New York Flash disbanded in 2012, it has since been without a club.

In the 2013 season they played in the newly established National Women 's Soccer League, the highest American professional league in women's soccer for the Portland Thorns FC.

On December 12, 2013, it made ​​a 13 player and first Canadian her 200th international game and scored her 147th international goal.

Achievements

  • NCAA champion in 2002, 2005
  • Women's Professional Soccer Champion 2010, 2011
  • Pan American Games 2011: Gold Medal
  • Scorer of the CONCACAF Women 's Gold Cup 2002
  • Scorer of the U-19 Women's World Cup 2002
  • Scorer of the NCAA Division I 2002, 2005
  • Scorer in the qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games 2012
  • Olympic Games 2012: Bronze Medal
  • Scorer of the 2012 Olympics

Awards

  • Lou Marsh Trophy 2012
  • Player of the Year in 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Golden Ball ( best player ) of the U-19 Women's World Cup 2002
  • NCAA Freshmen of the Year 2001
  • NCAA All-American in 2001, 2002, 2004
  • West Coast Conference Player of the Year in 2002, 2004, 2005
  • Honda - Broderick Cup (College Sportswoman of the Year ) 2005
  • Admission to Canada 's Walk of Fame: 2013
  • Nominated for election to the FIFA World Player of 2013

Pictures of Christine Sinclair

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