Christine Sinclair struggles to remember the date of her international record 185th goal.
“What day? No. 2019? 2020 — no, 2019.”
The date was in fact Jan. 29, 2020, in an 11-0 win over St. Kitts and Nevis.
So Christine, how many Olympic goals have you scored?
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She takes a deep sigh, thinking for a moment, then pounds her fist into her opposite hand a couple times, wracking her brain for the correct total.
The interviewer, CBC Sports’ Andi Petrillo, taps her own shoulder, pointing to where the number on a soccer jersey would be printed.
“Twelve!” Sinclair exclaims.
Sinclair, the 40-year-old Olympic champion from Burnaby, B.C., will