Emotional Christine Sinclair says inaugural NSL season ‘beginning of bigger and brighter things’ [Video]

A new chapter starts this week for women’s soccer in Canada, as the first-ever pro league, the Northern Super League (NSL) kicks off on home soil.

On Wednesday night, nearly 15,000 fans will gather to watch Vancouver Rise FC and Calgary Wild FC battle it out in the season opener at B.C. Place Stadium at 10 p.m. ET.

The match will be available at CBCSports.ca and on the free CBC Gem streaming service.

For retired Canadian soccer icon Christine Sinclair, a co-owner of Rise FC, the emotions are starting to set in ahead of the season’s launch.

“We have literally waited our whole career for this moment and to see this next generation of Canadians have this opportunity…all the young kids in the stands that can dream a different dream than I had growing up,” she said. “Right now, I’m a little emotional.” 

While Vancouver’s subsequent season games will take …