Janice Ruelle starts to cry as she stands with her teenage daughter on a dark December night surrounded by dozens of young female athletes who have come to see their hero in action for the last time.
The crowd was waiting to watch soccer sensation Christine Sinclair play her penultimate game Friday in Langford, B.C. The world’s all-time leading goal scorer in all of international soccer is in the final leg of her farewell tour and will play her last game with Team Canada Tuesday night in Vancouver.
And if Friday’s crowd was any indication, even as Sinclair steps off the pitch, her legacy will live on