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Christine Sinclair , The Canadian PressChristine Sinclair stepped up when it counted Friday, scoring career goal No. 180 to lift Canada to a 1-0 victory over England in a women's soccer friendly.
"It's just an honour to be chasing Abby down," said Sinclair, who scored her first goal for Canada on March 14, 2000, in her second senior appearance."I don't want it to be the focus heading into the World Cup," she said after the match."It's not what our team should be focusing on and it's not what I want to be focusing on."
The win was a measure of revenge for the Canadian women, who were knocked out of the 2015 World Cup by England in a 2-1 quarterfinal loss in Vancouver. The teams had not met since. Heiner-Moller called it a"very good performance" against am English team expected to challenge for the World Cup.The Canadian women are unbeaten in five games in 2019 and have yet to concede a goal."It's the perfect prep for us for the World Cup," said Sinclair."I think you're looking at two teams that hopefully are going to go pretty far in the tournament."
Canadian Janine Beckie, who plays for Manchester City, found herself facing a good number of her club team. Of the nine Man City players in the England squad, five started — goalkeepers Karen Bardsley, defenders Steph Houghton, Abbie McManus and Demi Stokes and forward Nikita Parris. Bardsley then made a fine save to parry a Beckie shot from distance after Sinclair was making a nuisance of herself among the English defence.
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