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Christine Sinclair retires: Canada star to play to season's end

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Portland Thorns forward Christine Sinclair, the leading goal scorer in international soccer history, will retire at the end of the 2024 National Women's Soccer League season, she announced on Friday.

Sinclair's final regular-season game will be Nov. 1 against Angel City FC in Portland, where the Thorns will honor her career. Portland sits seventh in the standings, with the top eight teams making the NWSL playoffs this year.

"Portland, thank you will never be enough," Sinclair wrote on Instagram. "Soccer has been my passion since I was four years old and it has taken me on a journey I could never have imagined.