External links
- Emma Regan at Soccerway
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emma Rose Regan | ||
| Date of birth | January 28, 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.69 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 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Texas Longhorns | 90 | (4) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 12, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 25, 2025 | |||
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.
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, where she was selected as the province's flag-bearer for the opening ceremonies. [5] [6] 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. [7]
She began attending the University of Texas at Austin in 2018 playing for the women's soccer team. [8] She was named to the 2018 Top Drawer Soccer National Preseason Best XI Freshman Team, [9] the 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 Conference Team, [10] and the 2019 All-Big 12 Conference Second Team. [11] She scored her first goal on October 9, 2020 against the Kansas State Wildcats. [12] In 2021 and 2022, she was again named to the All-Big 12 Conference Second Team [13] [14] and was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Third Team in 2021. [15] 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. [16]
In 2018, she played with TSS FC Rovers in the Women's Premier Soccer League, scoring two goals. [17] [18]
In 2022, she joined Varsity FC of League1 British Columbia. [19] [20] She won the league title that season with Varsity. [21]
In January 2023, she signed her first professional contract with Danish club HB Køge. [22] She made her debut on March 11, in a league cup match against FC Thy-Thisted Q. [23] On May 5, 2023, she scored her first goal for the club against Kolding. [24] She won the 2022-23 league title with the club in her first season. [25] At the end of the 2024 season, she departed the club to return to North America. [26]
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. [27] [28]
She debuted for the Canada U15 team at the 2014 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, helping Canada win the championship, [29] being named a tournament all-star. [30]
She has also represented the Canada U17 and Canada U20. She debuted with the U20 team as a 15 year old in 2015, [31] [32] and played as a 16 year old at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [33] She was again called up for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [34]
Regan earned her first call-up to the Canada senior team in June 2018, ahead of a friendly against Germany. [35] She was then called up for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, [36] making her senior debut against Cuba on October 8, 2018. [37] [38] In October 2023, she was called up to the senior team again, for the first time since her last call-up five years earlier. [39]
