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Christine Sinclair leaves Canada match vs. Wales with apparent injury

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TORONTO, Canada—The Canadian women’s national team sustained a significant blow Friday afternoon during their friendly with Wales, as all-time leading scorer Christine Sinclair was forced to leave the match after sustaining what appeared to be a very painful leg injury.

Christine Sinclair subbed off after an injury, appeared to be her ankle, coming together in a tackle with a Wales player.

FWIW, she did walk off on her on. https://t.co/Q5uq04BFYH— Sandra Prusina (@sprusina) April 9, 2021

In the 30th minute, Sinclair slid in for a tackle, but came up worse for ware.