Soccer-Canada's Sinclair bids farewell in final international outing

Captain Christine Sinclair acknowledges the crowd, as she is subbed off, marking the end of her international career, as she retires from Canada's national women's soccer team during a friendly match against Australia at temporarily-named Christine Sinclair Place (B.C. Place Stadium) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

(Reuters) - Christine Sinclair bid an emotional farewell to international soccer on Tuesday with one final match that brought an end to a superlative career in which she catapulted the Canadian national women's team from obscurity to Olympic champions.

The result of the friendly, a 1-0 win over Australia played in Sinclair's home province of British Columbia, did not matter as the night was all about celebrating Canada's most successful soccer player of all time.