The next Christine Sinclair has yet to emerge from Canada's youth crop, but that hasn't stopped the group from proving the women's team has a promising future.
When Canada won their bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics it was celebrated from coast to coast. But while it also felt like the peak, with an uncertain valley to follow. This was a golden generation after all, and when Christine Sinclair, Melissa Tancredi and co. retired who would be there to carry the flag?
But this line of thinking seems to have underestimated the true effect that this golden generation had on Canadian soccer.