NATIONAL TEAM: Canadian National Team (2000-) … Canadian U-18 National Team (1999-00) … Canadian U-19 National Team (2001) … 74 caps and 53 goals for Canada’s World Cup Team …second highest goal-scorer in Canadian history … played in all six games and tallied three goals at the 2003 Women’s World Cup, helping Canada to a surprise fourth-place finish … selected to play in the 2002 World All-Star Game … joint top scorer in 2002 Gold Cup with seven goals (tied with Tiffeny Milbrett and Charmaine Hooper) … made debut at the 2000 Algarve Cup at the age of 16 and led the team in scoring with three goals … has scored six goals against the U.S. National Team … recorded a hat trick against Jamaica in 2004 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2005: Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy winner for the second consecutive year, joining Mia Hamm and Cindy Parlow as the only consecutive winners … Honda Award winner for women’s soccer … Soccer Buzz, Soccer America and Soccer Times National Player of the Year … one of 24 women’s soccer players in the world on the shortlist for the 2005 FIFA Player of the Year … NSCAA, Soccer Buzz, Soccer America, Soccer Times and Top Drawer Soccer First Team All-America … first ever four-time, first team All-America by Soccer Buzz ... named the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and a first team Academic All-America … NSCAA Scholar All-American of the Year and first team Scholar All-America ... Bill Hayward award recipient for the state of Oregon’s top amateur athlete ... CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII First Team for the third time ... West Coast Conference Player of the Year for the third time in her career … All-WCC First Team, fourth-straight year … College Cup Offensive MVP and all-tournament team selection ... team MVP ... led the nation in scoring with 39 goals and 88 total points … her 39 goals broke the NCAA season record of 37, previously held by Lisa Cole (SMU, 1987) … 88 points marks the second highest in NCAA season history, Mia Hamm’s 97 in 25 games of the 1992 season tops the list … 110 career goals are second in NCAA history, 252 points are fourth in the national books … set a new NCAA D-I record with a goal scored in 17 consecutive games, later tied by Penn State’s Tiffany Weimer … WCC’s and Portland’s all-time leader in goals, points, game-winners and shots … set new UP single-season records for goals and points … joins Tiffeny Milbrett (Portland), Carin Jennings (UCSB), Lisa Cole (SMU), Mia Hamm (North Carolina) and Danielle Fotopoulos (SMU/Florida) as only players in NCAA history with over 100 goals and 30 assists … extended her NCAA post-season goals scored record to 25 with seven goals in 2005.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2004: Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy award-winner … one of three Honda Award finalists … NSCAA, Soccer America (MVP team) and Soccer Buzz first team All-American for the third consecutive season … Soccer Buzz West Region Player of the Year … NSCAA first team all-West Region … CoSIDA Academic All-America third team … CoSIDA Academic all-District VIII first team … named the UP Female Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive year … NSCAA Scholar All-America first team … West Coast Conference Player of the Year … all-WCC first team … WCC All-Academic Team … Portland co-MVP along with Lindsey Huie … led the WCC in points (55), goals (22), shots (100) and game-winners (10) … second in the WCC in assists (11), setting a career-high … third year in a row with at least 22 goals and 54 total points … tied for fourth in the nation in goals, 10th nationally in goals per game (0.92) and 11th in points per game (2.92) … three-time Soccer America National Team of the Week (9-8, 9-28, 10-18) and Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week once (10-20) … three-time WCC Player of the Week (9-6, 9-27, 10-18) … Nike Portland Invitational Offensive MVP … UConn Adidas Classic all-tournament honors … UP Athlete of the Month, September … five multiple goal games … scored 10 goals in a six-game stretch early in the season … tallied a career-best three assists in a 5-2 win over Oregon … recorded a point in 20-of-24 games … 10 game-winners a career-best and second on UP’s single-season list … tied for eighth on single-season goals list … tied for sixth in season points … third in career goals with 71 … fourth in total points at 164, needs 56 points for second overall … Portland’s all-time leader in game-winning goals (27) … joins Pilot greats Tiffeny Milbrett and Shannon MacMillan as the only players with over 50 goals and 20 assists throughout career.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2003: Utilized redshirt season while participating in the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup for Canada.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2002: Soccer America and Soccer Buzz Player of the Year … Honda Award winner for top women’s collegiate soccer player … Honda-Broderick Cup nominee for collegiate women’s Athlete of the Year … UP Female Athlete of the Year … MAC-Hermann Finalist … Bill Hayward Amateur Athlete of the Year (Oregon’s top amateur athlete) … NSCAA, Soccer America and Soccer Buzz first team All-American … NSCAA and Soccer Buzz all-West Region first team … West Coast Conference Player of the Year … all-WCC first team … WCC all-Academic list … CoSIDA/Verizon Academic all-District VIII first team … 2002 College Cup offensive MVP … College Cup all-Tournament team … NCAA Playoff tournament record with 10 goals in six tournament games … 21 points in 2002 NCAA Playoffs broke previous record of 16 held by Mia Hamm in 1993 … led nation in goals with 26, fifth in goals per game at 1.24 … fourth nationally in total points (55), sixth in points per game at 2.62 … named offensive MVP of Notre Dame Classic and NIKE Portland Invitational … two-time WCC Player of the Week … named to both Soccer America Team of the Week and Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week (9-9-02) …started and played in 21 games … missed five games to play for Canadian National Team … 10 multiple-goal games … hat-tricks at Gonzaga and vs. Richmond in third round of NCAAs … scored both goals in College Cup Championship win over Santa Clara … four multiple-goal games in NCAA Playoffs … scored at least two goals in seven of final 12 games played … 104 shots taken, 54 on goal … seven unassisted goals … 26 goals rank third on Portland season list … 55 points are sixth on season list … nine game-winners second all-time.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2001: NSCAA, Soccer America and Soccer Buzz first team all-American … Soccer America Freshman of the Year … UP Female Athlete of the Year … West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year … NSCAA and Soccer Buzz first team all-West Region … top scoring freshman in the country, finishing fifth overall with 23 goals and eight assists (54 points) … notched eight game-winning goals … scored 10 goals in seven WCC games … named MVP of the CS-Fullerton and Washington tournaments … three-time WCC Player of the Week … twice was named to Soccer America Team of the Week … scored at least one goal in 17 of Portland’s 24 games … multiple-goal games vs. San Diego (two goals), San Francisco (3), Gonzaga (2), Pepperdine (2), and Texas A&M (2) … goal and an assist vs. CS-Fullerton and Brigham Young … goal and two assists vs. Nebraska … first career hat-trick – with an assist – vs. San Francisco … scored 10 goals in a seven-game stretch before the NCAA semifinals … two goals against Gonzaga and Pepperdine … opened the NCAA Playoffs with a goal and two assists against Idaho State … single goals against Washington and Nebraska before a two-goal outing against Texas A&M … 67 of 119 season shots were on goal … 23 goals rank tied for fourth on Portland season list … 54 points are sixth on season list … eight game-winners tied for second all-time.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB TEAMS: First selected to British Columbia U-14 all-star team when she was 11 … led club teams to six league championships, five Provincial titles, and two top-five national tournament finishes … played since 1999 with UBC Alumni in the Senior Women’s Premier Division … won the league and Provincial titles, and placed second at the Canadian National Championships … at Burnaby South HS, led team to three AAA league championships … has led the South Burnaby Metro Club in scoring seven straight years … three-time Coastal Cup all-star … first team all-star in the Provincial high school championships … Burnaby South HS Female Athlete of the Year twice … two-time BSHS girls’ basketball MVP … B.C. Soccer Junior Athlete of the Year award in 1999 and 2000.
PERSONAL: Born June 12, 1983 in Burnaby, B.C. … parents are Bill and Sandra Sinclair … graduated after winter '05 semester with a bachelor of science degree in life science … uncle Brian Gant played for Canadian men’s National Team, as well as professionally with the Vancouver Whitecaps and Portland Timbers … uncle Bruce Gant played professionally with the Montreal Manic and the Portland Timbers … placed ninth in voting for Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year (2000) … voted one of the top 25 most influential people in Canadian sports by Globe and Mail (2002).
SINCLAIR’S CAREER STATS
OFFENSE |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
Shots |
Shot% |
SOG |
SOG% |
GW |
2001 |
24 |
23 |
8 |
54 |
119 |
.193 |
67 |
.563 |
8 |
2002 |
21 |
26 |
3 |
55 |
104 |
.250 |
54 |
.519 |
9 |
2004 |
24 |
22 |
11 |
55 |
100 |
.220 |
53 |
.530 |
10 |
2005 |
25 |
39 |
10 |
88 |
139 |
.281 |
76 |
.547 |
11 |
TOTAL |
94 |
110 |
32 |
252 |
462 |
.238 |
250 |
.541 |
38 |