It wasn't Christine Sinclair's scathing comments to the media that landed her in hot water, but her actions toward an official.
Canada's women's soccer captain received a four-game suspension from FIFA last Friday for "displaying unsporting behaviour towards match officials after the match."
The 29-year-old from Burnaby said she accepts FIFA's ruling, but has no regrets for her actions following Canada's heartbreaking and dramatic 4-3 semifinal loss to the United States at the London Olympics.
"I don't regret what I said," Sinclair said on a conference call Monday. "We had just lost the chance at playing for an Olympic gold medal and that's a dream that all of us have, and it was a very intense time and I was emotional and I wouldn't want to change that."
Sinclair was also fined $3,152, plus $525 as a processing fee. The Canadian Soccer Association will pick up the tab for both.
The CSA has requested the reasons for judgment from FIFA and expects to receive those in about 10 days.
Sinclair will serve three games of her suspension during the Four Nations Cup in China in January, and she'll sit one more at the Cyprus Cup in February.
The veteran captain recorded all three goals for Canada in the Olympic semifinal at Old Trafford.
Canada had the lead until the Americans pulled even late in the second half and prevented a big upset by adding the winner in extra time. Sinclair and several teammates lashed out publicly at referee Christiana Pedersen after the game, left feeling robbed in a loss they believed was decided by officials.
