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2008 Cyprus Women's Cup
The 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup was the inaugural edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational Women's association football, women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Six national teams, including five senior teams and one youth team, were invited: Canada women's national soccer team, Canada, Netherlands women's national football team, Netherlands, Japan women's national football team, Japan, Russia women's national football team, Russia, Scotland women's national football team, Scotland, and the United States women's national under-20 soccer team, United States U-20 team (the United States women's national soccer team, United States senior team competed in the concurrent 2008 Algarve Cup). Canada defeated the United States U-20 team in the final. Format The tournament consisted of a group stage held over three match days followed by a single day of classification matches to determine the final standings. For the group stage, the six teams were split into two groups o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Sinclair
Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward and captains both National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC and the Canadian national team. An Olympic gold medalist, two-time Olympic bronze medalist, CONCACAF champion, and 14-time winner of the Canada Soccer Player of the Year award, Sinclair is the world's all-time leader for international goals scored for men or women with 190 goals, and is one of the most-capped active international footballers with more than 300 caps. She is also the second footballer of either sex to score at five World Cup editions, preceded by Marta, later succeeded by Cristiano Ronaldo. Having played over 20 seasons with the senior national team, Sinclair has played in five FIFA Women's World Cups ( USA 2003, China 2007, Germany 2011, Canada 2015, France 2019) and four Olympic Football Tournaments (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020). She has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
