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It’s easy to lose perspective on the Canadian women’s soccer team of 2012.

Yes, that team. The one that got robbed by an official’s call against the USA in the London Olympic semifinal and rebounded to win a bronze medal over France.

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The team that captured the imagination of the entire country, if not the world, following an extra-time match that many believe was the greatest in the history of women’s soccer.

Who better to provide that perspective than Christine Sinclair, who scored a hat trick against the USA in the heroic 4-3 loss.

“Everyone thinks the team in 2012 was – oh, this amazing team – but we got on a roll at the right time,” said Sinclair, standing in the foreground of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the photo opp on Monday.

“And hopefully this team can do the same,” Sinclair added. “We’re a lot more dangerous this time around. We’ve added a lot of pace, a lot of young players that are doing tremendous things for us. And it’s just a matter of, can we put it together at the right time like we did in London?”