MELBOURNE, Australia : Canada's Olympic champions are heading home from the Women's World Cup stunned and heartbroken - and still without a medal in the tournament from eight appearances.
The seventh-ranked Canadians were considered among the favourites Down Under after their historic gold in Tokyo. But drawn into Group B, the tournament's"group of death", the difference that separated the four teams was indeed razor-thin. She has scored more international goals than any player on the planet - 190 - but the enduring image of Sinclair on her knees, face buried in her hands said it was that missed goal she will not soon forget.
Canada have won medals in their last three Olympics, but their best World Cup finish is fourth in 2003 - Sinclair's debut - in a puzzling lack of results at this tournament. They were ousted in the quarter-finals in the 2015 edition on home soil, and eliminated in the last 16 four years ago in France.
"Has it been a really, really tough year? Absolutely. But we came here tonight thinking we should have been able to win and we didn't, we have to reflect on that."
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