Emma Regan
Personal information | |||
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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 | HB Køge | ||
Number | 8 | ||
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– | HB Køge | 32 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Canada U15 | 6 | (0) |
2016 | Canada U17 | 7 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Canada U20 | 11 | (0) |
2018– | Canada | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 20, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2024 |
Emma Rose Regan (born January 28, 2000) is a Canadian international soccer player who plays as a defender for Danish club HB Køge.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
International career
[edit]She debuted for the Canada U15 team at the 2014 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, helping Canada win the championship,[25] being named a tournament all-star.[26]
She has also represented the Canada U17 and Canada U20. She debuted with the U20 team as a 15 year old in 2015,[27][28] and played as a 16 year old at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[29] She was again called up for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[30]
Regan earned her first call-up to the Canada senior team in June 2018, ahead of a friendly against Germany.[31] She was then called up for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship,[32] making her senior debut against Cuba on October 8, 2018.[33][34] In October 2023, she was called up to the senior team again, for the first time since her last call-up five years earlier.[35]
References
[edit]- ^ Emma Regan at the Canadian Soccer Association
- ^ "National Team Calls for Players and Coach". Mountain United FC. July 30, 2014.
- ^ "Julia Grosso and Emma Regan called up to Canada WNT to face Germany on June 10". Chat Sports. May 29, 2018.
- ^ "A perfect record". Burnaby Now. August 2, 2013.
- ^ "Burnaby defender proud to wave the flag". Burnaby Now. July 27, 2017.
- ^ "Emma Regan". Celtic Elite Vancouver.
- ^ "Emma Regan Texas Longhorns profile". Texas Longhorns.
- ^ "No. 17 Soccer's Regan named to TDS Preseason Best XI Freshman Team". Texas Longhorns. August 13, 2018.
- ^ "No. 19 Soccer puts league-high four players on Preseason All-Big 12 Team". Texas Longhorns. August 7, 2019.
- ^ "Davis, Merrick and White Lead All-Big 12 Honors". Big 12 Conference. November 5, 2019.
- ^ "Soccer's offense erupts as Longhorns blast Kansas State, 7-0". Texas Longhorns. October 9, 2020.
- ^ "Soccer puts six student-athletes on All-Big 12 Conference Teams". Texas Longhorns. November 2, 2021.
- ^ "No. 17 Soccer dominates All-Big 12 awards". Texas Longhorns. November 1, 2022.
- ^ "Soccer places four on the United Soccer Coaches All-Region teams". Texas Longhorns. November 29, 2021.
- ^ "No. 17 Soccer's Regan named Big 12 Soccer Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year". Texas Longhorns. December 22, 2022.
- ^ "Emma Regan 2018 WPSL Stats". Women's Premier Soccer League.
- ^ Olson, Dan (May 18, 2018). "Rovers' Regan thrilled to play in summer league". Burnaby Now.
- ^ @Varsity_FC (April 12, 2022). "Welcome Emma Regan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Emma Regan signs first pro contract with HB Køge in Denmark". Canadian Soccer Association. January 31, 2023.
- ^ "HB Køge henter canadisk kriger" [HB Køge brings in Canadian fighter]. HB Køge (in Danish). January 31, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "HB Køge tilbage på sejrssporet" [HB Køge back on the winning track]. HB Køge (in Danish). May 6, 2023.
- ^ "Regan: Vi skal være aggressive mod FCN" [Regan: We have to be aggressive against FCN]. HB Køge (in Danish). September 1, 2023.
- ^ Berridge, Tom (August 19, 2014). "Under-15 Canadian girls beat Haiti on PKs". New Westminster Record.
- ^ "Winning experiece fuels new soccer goal". New Westminster Record. August 21, 2014.
- ^ "Emma Regan called up to Canada for U-20 World Cup qualifying". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. November 26, 2015.
- ^ "Emma Regan called up to Canada's Under 20 Team". Mountain United FC. November 27, 2015.
- ^ "Burnaby fullback playing for Canada". Burnaby Now. November 17, 2016.
- ^ "Soccer's Regan earns Canada call-up for CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship". Texas Longhorns. February 13, 2020.
- ^ "Soccer's Grosso & Regan called to Canadian National Team for Germany friendly". Texas Longhorns. June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Sinclair, Regan ready for action". Burnaby Now. October 5, 2018.
- ^ "Rose, Regan to lead Canada at CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship". TSN. February 12, 2020.
- ^ "Soccer's Regan earns first career cap, Grosso seventh in Canada's win". Texas Longhorns. October 9, 2018.
- ^ "Regan: Vi er på rette vej" [Regan: We're on the right track]. HB Køge (in Danish). October 21, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Emma Regan at Soccerway