Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller has trimmed his roster to 20 ahead of next week’s CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament, with Jenna Hellstrom and 15-year-old Olivia Smith dropping to alternate status.
Sinclair, who captains the NWSL Portland Thorns, was named Canada’s player of the decade last month. The veteran forward has also led the Canadian team in scoring 16 years and has won Canada Soccer’s female player of the year award 14 times.“The players and everyone around the team cannot wait to get this year started and this qualification going,” Heiner-Moller said in a statement.
After St. Kitts, Canada takes on No. 51 Jamaica on Feb. 1 and No. 26 Mexico on Feb. 4 in Group B play. The U.S., Costa Rica, Panama and Haiti will contest Group A in Houston. The top two teams in each group advance to the semifinals in Carson, Calif., with the winners booking their Olympic tickets. Hellstrom, a 24-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., who has won four caps for Canada, plays for the Washington Spirit.
Adriana Leon and teenagers Jordyn Huitema, Julia Grosso and Jayde Riviere will be making their debut at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. Brazil, Britain, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden have already qualified for Tokyo. Asian qualifying in February will produce two more teams to join host Japan.
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