Inside the GOAT mentality: Why Christine Sinclair has unfinished business at her sixth World Cup

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The last World Cup was supposed to have been Sinclair’s last. But at the age of 40 she’ll carry the hopes of Canada again. How does she do it?

The first time she laid eyes on Christine Sinclair, a few things struck Andrea Neil. First, she was sure she’d be seeing a whole lot more of her — and soon. Secondly, and not unrelated, Neil wondered how a youngster in her early teens could bring so much calm to the chaos of the youth soccer pitch in Dunbar-Southlands, in Vancouver’s west.

“My first impression with Christine was that you could recognize a remarkable player — at 13 or 14. She had a maturity and a calm about her that wasn’t just beyond her years but beyond any player at the time,” Neil recalls. “I remember reflecting then that it’s going to take a lot for this young one to be blocked from national team aspirations. At 13 and 14 she showed a knack of knowing how to create and have vision.

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