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Sinclair to lead Canada in Portugal

Christine Sinclair, Julia Grosso and Jordyn Huitema lead the local charge as the Canadian women’s soccer team enters the Algarve Cup, an annual international tournament in Portugal.
Christine Sinclair
Burnaby's Christine Sinclair, shown during a recent international game at BC Place, will lead Team Canada onto the pitch for next week's Algarve Cup in Portugal.

Christine Sinclair, Julia Grosso and Jordyn Huitema lead the local charge as the Canadian women’s soccer team enters the Algarve Cup, an annual international tournament in Portugal.

Sinclair, the long-time captain of the Canadian team, holds the national record with 169 goals in 262 games. One of the 34-year-old’s first tournaments for Canada was the 2000 Algarve Cup.

Grosso and Huitema, meanwhile, are part of an influx of under-20 players. Both were part of the Vancouver Whitecaps’ FC Elite program, where students attended Burnaby Central Secondary and trained at Burnaby Lake West.

The tourney runs Feb. 28 to March 7.