{
    "title": "Sinclair one match away from Canadian milestone",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:14:38",
    "published_at": "2009-07-21 11:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/sinclair-one-match-away-from-canadian-milestone",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/YFFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Canada\u2019s women\u2019s national team captain Christine Sinclair is closing in on a number of career and Canadian milestones. Should Sinclair appear in the Canada-USA match Wednesday evening in Charleston, SC she will tie Andrea Neil for first in all-time matches played for Canada. Sinclair currently sits \u2026",
    "slug": "sinclair-one-match-away-from-canadian-milestone",
    "body": "<p>Canada&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s national team captain Christine Sinclair is closing in on a number of career and Canadian milestones. Should Sinclair appear in the Canada-USA match Wednesday evening in Charleston, SC she will tie Andrea Neil for first in all-time matches played for Canada. Sinclair currently sits on 131 career appearances, one behind Neil who is now an assistant coach with the women&rsquo;s national team. Sinclair passed Charmaine Hooper (130) for second place on Sunday, making her 131st appearance on 19 July in Rochester.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bSinclair made her national-team debut on 12 March 2000 against China at the Algarve Cup. She was just 16 years old. She has gone on to represent Canada in two FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cups as well as at the 2008 Women&rsquo;s Olympic Football Tournament in Beijing.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bNeil earned her 132nd and final appearance at the FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cup China 2007 in a 4:0 victory over Ghana. She passed Hooper for the all-time appearances two weeks earlier in an international friendly match with Japan on 30 August 2007.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bSinclair, Canada&rsquo;s most recognizable player, passed another of Canada&rsquo;s longstanding records surpassing Hooper for all-time starts when she made the 123rd start of her career earlier this year against New Zealand on 5 March at the Cyprus Women&rsquo;s Cup.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bThe 22 July match between Canada and USA will close out the three-game summer mini series played between the two countries. Wednesday night&rsquo;s Canada-USA match kicks off at 20.00 ET / 17.00 PT and will be broadcast by Rogers Sportsnet (all four channels).<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bCanadian appearances<br>\u200b<br>\u200b1. Andrea Neil &ndash; 132<br>\u200b<br>\u200b2. Christine Sinclair \u0096 131<br>\u200b<br>\u200b3. Charmaine Hooper \u0096 130<br>\u200b<br>\u200b4. Randee Hermus \u0096 113<br>\u200b<br>\u200b5. Amy Walsh \u0096 102<br>\u200b<br>\u200bT6. Brittany Timko \u0096 93<br>\u200b<br>\u200bT6. Diana Matheson \u0096 93<br>\u200b<br>\u200bT8. Kara Lang &ndash; 87<br>\u200b<br>\u200bT8. Isabelle Morneau &ndash; 87<br>\u200b<br>\u200b10. Silvana Burtini &ndash; 78<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}