Christine Sinclair still hungry and motivated to lead Canada to World Cup glory
Christine Sinclair says she plays her best soccer when she is having fun.“Honestly as of right now, my mindset is just to enjoy it,” Sinclair said of the expanded 32-team tournament in Australia and New Zealand. “I'm a perfectionist and I always put so much pressure and stress upon myself that my goal is enjoy this World Cup. My family's coming down … It's the first time they really travelled to watch me play.
Sinclair's positivity comes despite a rocky lead-up to the tournament with both Canadian national teams embroiled in a labour dispute withSoccer. As one of the women's player representatives, Sinclair has been front and centre in recent months.“If we want to remain relevant, yeah, some things are going to have to change,” Sinclair said by way of summary.
“And that's the culture that's been developed and definitely worked on … over many many years with the vets having done the foundational work to get us where we are now. But we definitely have a culture and an environment that's conducive to team chemistry, to winning, to be honest with each other. Which not many national teams can be.”
But the native of Burnaby, B.C., will be missing two key teammates with influential winger Janine Beckie recovering from knee surgery and veteran defensive midfielder Desiree Scott unable to recover from her own surgery in time for the tournament. The goals come more rarely these days. Sinclair has not scored in her last 12 internationals and has five goals in her last 33 appearances since breaking Abby Wambach's record of 184 goals with a two-goal performance in an 11-0 thrashing of St. Kitts and Nevis in January 2020 in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifier in Edinburg, Texas.Priestman credits her captain for her attitude and work ethic, saying she did “brilliantly” in pre-tournament fitness testing.
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