Emma Regan

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Emma Regan
Personal information
Full name Emma Rose Regan
Date of birth (2000-01-28) January 28, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 AFC Toronto
Youth career
Burnaby Girls SC
Mountain United SC
Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Texas Longhorns 90 (4)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 TSS FC Rovers (2)
2022 Varsity FC (2)
2023–2024 HB Køge 44 (3)
2025– AFC Toronto 0 (0)
International career‡
2014 Canada U15 6 (0)
2016 Canada U17 7 (0)
2015–2018 Canada U20 11 (0)
2018– Canada 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 12, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 3, 2024

Emma Rose Regan (born January 28, 2000) is a Canadian international soccer player who plays as a defender for Northern Super League club AFC Toronto.

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Early life

Regan began playing youth soccer at age six with Burnaby Girls SC. [1] She later played for Mountain United FC, [2] before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps REX program. [3] She also played for the British Columbia provincial team. [4] She also represented BC at the 2017 Canada Summer Games. [5] She served as the Vancouver Whitecaps captain since 2014 and was named "Most Promising Player" in 2015, also being named the BC Soccer Youth Player of the Year in 2015. [6]

College career

She began attending the University of Texas at Austin in 2018 playing for the women's soccer team. [7] She was named to the 2018 Top Drawer Soccer National Preseason Best XI Freshman Team, [8] the 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 Conference Team, [9] and the 2019 All-Big 12 Conference Second Team. [10] She scored her first goal on October 9, 2020 against the Kansas State Wildcats. [11] In 2021 and 2022, she was again named to the All-Big 12 Conference Second Team [12] [13] and was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Third Team in 2021. [14] In 2022, she was named the 2022 Big 12 Conference Soccer Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year and was a four time Academic All-Big 12 First Team. [15]

Club career

In 2018, she played with TSS FC Rovers in the Women's Premier Soccer League, scoring two goals. [16] [17]

In 2022, she joined Varsity FC of League1 British Columbia. [18] [19] She won the league title that season with Varsity. [20]

In January 2023, she signed her first professional contract with Danish club HB Køge. [21] She made her debut on March 11, in a league cup match against FC Thy-Thisted Q. [22] On May 5, 2023, she scored her first goal for the club against Kolding. [23] She won the 2022-23 league title with the club in her first season. [24] At the end of the 2024 season, she departed the club to return to North America. [25]

In December 2024, Regan signed with AFC Toronto ahead of the inaugural Northern Super League season, becoming the first active Canadian national team player to join the new league. [26]

International career

She debuted for the Canada U15 team at the 2014 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, helping Canada win the championship, [27] being named a tournament all-star. [28]

She has also represented the Canada U17 and Canada U20. She debuted with the U20 team as a 15 year old in 2015, [29] [30] and played as a 16 year old at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [31] She was again called up for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [32]

Regan earned her first call-up to the Canada senior team in June 2018, ahead of a friendly against Germany. [33] She was then called up for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, [34] making her senior debut against Cuba on October 8, 2018. [35] [36] In October 2023, she was called up to the senior team again, for the first time since her last call-up five years earlier. [37]

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References

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  2. ↑ "National Team Calls for Players and Coach". Mountain United FC. July 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Julia Grosso and Emma Regan called up to Canada WNT to face Germany on June 10". Chat Sports. May 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ "A perfect record". Burnaby Now . August 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Burnaby defender proud to wave the flag". Burnaby Now . July 27, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Emma Regan". Celtic Elite Vancouver.
  7. ↑ "Emma Regan Texas Longhorns profile". Texas Longhorns .
  8. ↑ "No. 17 Soccer's Regan named to TDS Preseason Best XI Freshman Team". Texas Longhorns . August 13, 2018.
  9. ↑ "No. 19 Soccer puts league-high four players on Preseason All-Big 12 Team". Texas Longhorns . August 7, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Davis, Merrick and White Lead All-Big 12 Honors". Big 12 Conference . November 5, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Soccer's offense erupts as Longhorns blast Kansas State, 7-0". Texas Longhorns . October 9, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Soccer puts six student-athletes on All-Big 12 Conference Teams". Texas Longhorns . November 2, 2021.
  13. ↑ "No. 17 Soccer dominates All-Big 12 awards". Texas Longhorns . November 1, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Soccer places four on the United Soccer Coaches All-Region teams". Texas Longhorns . November 29, 2021.
  15. ↑ "No. 17 Soccer's Regan named Big 12 Soccer Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year". Texas Longhorns . December 22, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Emma Regan 2018 WPSL Stats". Women's Premier Soccer League .
  17. ↑ Olson, Dan (May 18, 2018). "Rovers' Regan thrilled to play in summer league". Burnaby Now .
  18. ↑ @Varsity_FC (April 12, 2022). "Welcome Emma Regan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ↑ Steiner, Ben (May 21, 2022). ""It's the start:" How League 1 BC is Canada's next step to a women's pro league". BTS Van City.
  20. ↑ "Emma Regan signs first pro contract with HB Køge in Denmark". Canadian Soccer Association . January 31, 2023.
  21. ↑ "HB Køge henter canadisk kriger" [HB Køge brings in Canadian fighter]. HB Køge (in Danish). January 31, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Regan før pokalkvartfinale: klar til at løfte opgaven" [Regan before the cup quarter-final: ready to take on the task]. HB Køge (in Danish). March 10, 2023.
  23. ↑ "HB Køge tilbage på sejrssporet" [HB Køge back on the winning track]. HB Køge (in Danish). May 6, 2023.
  24. ↑ "Regan: Vi skal være aggressive mod FCN" [Regan: We have to be aggressive against FCN]. HB Køge (in Danish). September 1, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Emma Regan spiller afskedskamp" [Emma Regan plays farewell match]. HB Køge (in Danish). November 21, 2024.
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  28. ↑ "Winning experiece fuels new soccer goal". New Westminster Record. August 21, 2014.
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  33. ↑ "Soccer's Grosso & Regan called to Canadian National Team for Germany friendly". Texas Longhorns . June 8, 2018.
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  36. ↑ "Soccer's Regan earns first career cap, Grosso seventh in Canada's win". Texas Longhorns . October 9, 2018.
  37. ↑ "Regan: Vi er på rette vej" [Regan: We're on the right track]. HB Køge (in Danish). October 21, 2023.
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