© Getty Images Few individuals have contributed as much to the resurgence of women’s football in Canada in recent years than Christine Sinclair and John Herdman. After the latter took over as coach in 2011, the Canucks twice won bronze at the Women"s Olympic Football Tournament and climbed as high as fourth in the FIFA Women"s World Ranking. Sinclair, meanwhile, is the team"s figurehead on the pitch, scoring 165 goals in 250 appearances and featuring at FIFA Women’s World Cups™, Olympic Football Tournaments and in countless other competitions.
It comes as little surprise to either of them, then, that the other has been shortlisted for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016™ – Sinclair for The Best FIFA Women’s Player and Herdman for The Best FIFA Women’s Coach. “He"s the best coach I’ve ever had,” said Sinclair, who feels the Englishman would be a worthy winner, to FIFA.com. “The journey that he’s taken with this team and the improvements that he’s made – it’s just fan..
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