Mikka Hansen

Club career Hansen played for the USL W-League club Denver Diamonds, where she was the league's top assist provider in 1996 and second top goal scorer in 1998. In summer 1999, after playing in the FIFA World Cup, Hansen signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Fortuna Hjørring. By May 2000, Hansen had grown weary of football and had started competing as an elite cyclist instead.

Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first official professional women's soccer league in the United States, began in 2001. Hansen was a ninth-round draft pick (70th overall in the global draft) by the Carolina Courage. In 2001 Hansen started seven of her 19 regular season appearances, scoring once.

International career Hansen was briefly part of the United States national under-20 team, but decided to play for Denmark at senior level.