Christine Sinclair changed the landscape of Canadian soccer forever.
Sinclair, who announced her retirement on Friday, is one of Canada’s greatest athletes of all time, both for her superlative play and her advocacy off the pitch. Her career is also a window to the evolution of women’s soccer in this country.
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Sinclair was a prodigy in the Burnaby, B.C., youth circuit before making her senior national team debut at the 2000 Algarve Cup, where she scored three goals.