Canada ponder what to do with legend Christine Sinclair

Were she to score against Ireland, 40-year-old Christine Sinclair would become the first player ever to do so at six different World Cups

GOAT: Canada's Christine Sinclair. Pic: PA

Christine Sinclair has done plenty of speaking over the past 12 months, far more than she’d have liked. So when the captain departed Canada’s World Cup opener without talking to the media she could have been forgiven. Yet the questions remain.

The mixed zone Sinclair stared straight ahead through after Friday’s wholly underwhelming 0-0 draw with Nigeria was in Melbourne’s Rectangular Stadium. The venue’s name felt particularly ironic once the final whistle sounded, given that Canada had looked completely devoid of anything resembling an identifiable shape.