Canadas Gold Medal Celebration Tour

The GOAT is coming to TD Place to celebrate Canada Soccers Womens National Team Olympic Gold medal!

 

Watch as Captain Christine Sinclair and Canadas Womens National Team kick-off a series of Celebration Tour matches when they face New Zealand at The Stadium at TD Place on Saturday, October 23rd at 3PM.

 

The Canadian womens soccer team earned its HISTORIC (!!!) Olympic gold medal after defeating Sweden 3-2 in penalty kicks in the gold-medal match this past summer.  It is Canadas third consecutive medal in the Olympic womens soccer competition, after taking home bronze in 2012 and 2016.

 

As the most successful soccer player to ever compete for Canada, Christine Sinclair has deserved the title of greatest of all time. Here is a look at her career by the numbers:

 

187 Goals: Sinclair holds the record for all-time goals scored in international soccer, female or male players. She scored her record-breaking 185th goal on January 29th, 2020 at the Concacaf Womens Olympic Qualifiers.

 

21 years: 21 years ago, Sinclair debuted with Canadas senior national team at 16 at the 2000 Algarve Cup where she scored three goals.

 

304 caps: A cap is an appearance at an international-level game. Sinclair is one of the most-capped soccer players in the world, having appeared at 304 international games and counting.

 

6 goals: At the London 2012 Summer Games, Sinclair broke the record of most goals scored in an Olympic womens soccer game after scoring two against South Africa, one against Great Britain and a hat-trick against the United States in the infamous semi-final.

 

4 Olympic appearances: Sinclair has represented Canada at Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

 

3 Olympic medals: Canada picked up bronze medals at London 2012 and Rio 2016, along with the first-ever gold medal in Canadian womens soccer.

 

5 FIFA Womens World Cups: Sinclair has represented Canada five times at one of the biggest international soccer tournaments, playing in USA 2003, China 2007, Germany 2011, Canada 2015 and France 2019.

 

14 Canada Soccer Player of the Year awards: The team captain has won Canada Soccers Womens Player of the Year Award in 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018.

 

In addition to a celebration of Canadas historic Gold Medal triumph at Tokyo 2020, the series will also begin Canadas journey to the next FIFA Womens World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023.