Sinclair nets goal No. 131, Canada beats Italy
Posted March 1, 2012 4:39 pm.
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Christine Sinclair scored the 131st international goal of her career and Robyn Gayle added an injury-time goal Thursday to give Canada’s women’s soccer team a 2-1 victory over Italy at the Cyprus Cup.
Sinclair latched onto a long ball from Shannon Woeller in the 43rd minute, chipping it past Italy’s goalkeeper. The Canadian captain is now alone in third on the all-time international scoring list, moving past American Kristine Lilly with her 11th goal of the season.
Gayle found the top corner in the dying seconds to give seventh-ranked Canada its second straight win of the tournament.
Sandy Iannella scored the lone goal for No. 11 Italy, capitalizing on a sloppy giveaway by Canada just after halftime.
The Canadians opened defence of their Cyprus Cup title on Tuesday with a convincing 5-1 win over Scotland.
Canada faces No. 14 Netherlands on Sunday to wrap up Group B round-robin action.
The Canadians have done well in Cyprus in recent years, making the final every year, and winning in 2008, 2010 and last year. Their all-time record is now 14-1-1.
