Kaela Hansen and Emma Regan have been friends for ever. Now they are teammates again, this time with AFC Toronto of the new Northern Super League.
“We literally started soccer together … and we basically played on every single team together up until high school,” said Hansen.
They started playing together at six or seven, graduating to the Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite team before Hansen went to the University of Kansas and Regan to the University of Texas, both Big 12 schools at that time.
“She’s an amazing player,” Regan said of Hansen. “Just very fearless, A ruthless defender. Very very smart going forward as well. She’s the type of player that you don’t want to play against. When you see her lining up across from you, you should have a bit in fear in you.
“So I’m excited that I’m getting to do this with her and not against …