Christine Sinclair, soccer legend, retires from Canada national team before 2024 Olympics

Christine Sinclair, international soccer's all-time leading goals scorer and the captain of Canada's Olympic champion team, is retiring from the national team, according to Soccer Canada.

Sinclair, 40, tallied a record 190 goals for Canada dating to her first of more than 300 caps in 2000.

"I can sit here and know that I've literally done everything I can and given all of me to this national team since I was 16 years old," she said, according to the Canadian Press. "In terms of what I've done and knowing the work I've put into it, I have zero regrets. I know I've done everything I can for as long as I can. And the team's in good hands moving forward."

Sinclair led Canada to its first global title at the Tokyo Olympics, then captained the national team again at this past summer's World Cup. Canada was eliminated in the group stage.

"After Tokyo, deep down inside, I knew I didn't want to play in Paris," she said, according to the Canadian Press. "The way the Tokyo Olympics ended, you can't beat it.

"I wanted to give it one more shot for the World Cup, just because I really thought we could be successful there, and we hadn't been successful in a long time at World Cups."