Canada captain Christine Sinclair broke Abby WambachB次元官网网址檚 world-record total of 184 goals on Wednesday, scoring for the second time against St. Kitts and Nevis at the CONCACAF WomenB次元官网网址檚 Olympic Qualifying Championship.

SinclairB次元官网网址檚 185th goal of her career came in the 23rd minute. Left alone, Sinclair converted an Adriana Leon feed for the milestone goal

The record-tying goal came on a penalty kick in the seventh minute at H-E-B Park in south Texas.

SinclairB次元官网网址檚 shot rolled to the right of St. Kitts goalkeeper Kyra Dickinson.

The 36-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., was playing in her 290th career game for Canada. Wambach, who retired in 2015, compiled her total in 255 games.

Wambach saluted Sinclair on Twitter after the record-breaking goal.

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The eighth-ranked Canadian women play Saturday against No. 51 Jamaica, a team Sinclair has already scored 11 goals against.

Sinclair, not one to bang her own drum, has downplayed the goals chase.

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Wambach now 39, broke fellow American Mia HammB次元官网网址檚 record haul of 158 in 2013 with a four-goal performance against South Korea.

Sinclair was 16 when she made her senior debut March 12, 2000, becoming CanadaB次元官网网址檚 youngest-ever player at the time. She opened her scoring account one game later, beating star goalkeeper Bente Nordby in a 2-1 loss to Norway two days later at the Algarve Cup.

St. Kitts, ranked No. 127 in the world, becomes the 41st country Sinclair has scored on.

Sinclair scored goal No. 183 in November in CanadaB次元官网网址檚 last game before the CONCACAF qualifier, a 3-0 win over New Zealand at a tournament in China.

SinclairB次元官网网址檚 glittering career has already garnered the Portland Thorns captain a slew of honours.

In December, she was named the Canada Soccer player of the decade. Canada Soccer president Steven Reed called Sinclair B次元官网网址渁 once-in-a-generation athlete that has been at the heart of Canadian sport for over 20 years.B次元官网网址�

Sinclair has won Canada SoccerB次元官网网址檚 female player of the year 14 times and led the Canadian team in scoring 16 years.

Sinclair, who led Canada to back-to-back Olympic bronze medals in 2012 and 2016, was named the 2012 Lou Marsh Trophy (Canadian athlete of the year) and Bobbie Rosenfeld Award (Canadian female athlete of the year) winner.

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 flag-bearer at the London OlympicsB次元官网网址� closing ceremonies in 2012, the veteran forward is a four-time finalist for FIFA World Player of the Year.

Sinclair is also the first soccer player appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada and the first to have her name engraved on CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Walk of Fame.

She won WPS club titles with FC Gold Pride and the Western New York Flash in 2010 and B次元官网网址�11 and the NWSL championship in 2013 and 2017 with Portland.

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Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press

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