Christine Sinclair will travel to her sixth Women's World Cup as she leads a 23-player Canadian squad named on Sunday that is hungry to build on their breakthrough Olympic gold.Three-times Canadian Player of the Year Kadeisha Buchanan and her Chelsea team mate Jessie Fleming, who was named Canada's top pl
Christine Sinclair will travel to her sixth Women's World Cup as she leads a 23-player Canadian squad named on Sunday that is hungry to build on their breakthrough Olympic gold.
Sinclair, who holds the international goal-scoring record , is already a Canadian soccer great with 323 international appearances. She hopes to become the first player to score in six different World Cups.
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