 Regan in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emma Rose Regan | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-01-28)January 28, 2000 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft6+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AFC Toronto | ||
| 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) | |
| 2023–2024 | HB Køge | 44 | (3) |
| 2025– | AFC Toronto | 25 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Canada U15 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016 | Canada U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Canada U20 | 11 | (0) |
| 2018– | Canada | 13 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 20, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of October 28, 2025 | |||
Emma Rose Regan (born January 28, 2000) is aCanadian internationalsoccer player who plays as adefender forNorthern Super League clubAFC Toronto and theCanada national team.
Regan began playing youth soccer at age six with Burnaby Girls SC.[1] She later played for Mountain United FC,[2] before joining theVancouver Whitecaps REX program.[3] She also played for the British Columbia provincial team.[4] She also represented BC at the2017 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 theBC Soccer Youth Player of the Year in 2015.[7]
She began attending theUniversity of Texas at Austin in 2018 playing for thewomen'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 theKansas 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 withTSS FC Rovers in theWomen's Premier Soccer League, scoring two goals.[17][18]
In 2022, she joinedVarsity FC ofLeague1 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 clubHB Køge.[22] She made her debut on March 11, in a league cup match againstFC Thy-Thisted Q.[23] On May 5, 2023, she scored her first goal for the club againstKolding.[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 withAFC Toronto ahead of the inauguralNorthern Super League season, becoming the first active Canadian national team player to join the new league.[27][28] She was named the club's first ever captain.[29][30] She scored her first goal in a 2-0 victory overMontreal Roses FC.[31][32] At the end of the season, she won the league's Midfielder of the Year award and was named to the league's Team of the Season.[33]
She debuted for the Canada U15 team at the2014 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, helping Canada win the championship,[34] being named a tournament all-star.[35]
She has also represented theCanada U17 andCanada U20. She debuted with the U20 team as a 15 year old in 2015,[36][37] and played as a 16 year old at the2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[38] She was again called up for the2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[39]
Regan earned her first call-up to theCanada senior team in June 2018, ahead of a friendly againstGermany.[40] She was then called up for the2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship,[41] making her senior debut againstCuba on October 8, 2018.[42][43] In October 2023, she was called up to the senior team again, for the first time since her last call-up five years earlier.[44] On June 27, 2025, she scored her first international goal in a 4-1 victory overCosta Rica.[45]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 27, 2025 | BMO Field,Toronto,Canada |  Costa Rica | 4–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
