‘The greatest’: Big crowds, big emotions in B.C. for Christine Sinclair sendoff
globalnews.caBig crowds and big emotions were on the menu as British Columbia’s biggest stadium prepared to play farewell host to one of the country’s most iconic athletes.
After more than two decades in the sport, women’s soccer superstar Christine Sinclair is hanging up her cleats and retiring from international play.
The Burnaby native’s final match Tuesday evening against the Australian national team was fittingly scheduled in front of a hometown crowd in Vancouver.
BC Place — for one night only, renamed Christine Sinclair Place — was lit in red and white and emblazoned with the her number, 12. More than 45,000 tickets have been sold for the sendoff.
“We went to see her in Toronto and I cried. And then I cried when I was in Montreal, when I was in Halifax, when I was in Victoria. Now obviously I am going to cry tonight, we already know that,” fan Jasmine Bureau told Global News outside the stadium.
“She’s the greatest player in the world … I’ve been following her since I started when I was three years old, which is the year she started on the national team. We actually flew all the way from Ontario to be here.”
Sinclair isn’t just an icon in Canadian soccer, she’s the global leading goal scorer in both women’s and men’s soccer.
Legendary
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