The 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft was a special draft held on January 10 by the

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to allow the expansion side

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to select players. The Dash were allowed to select ten players from the existing eight NWSL teams.

Format

* 2013 playoff teams may protect up to 9 players, and 2013 non-playoff teams up to 10. *Clubs with more than two US allocated players must leave at least one unprotected. *The Dash are allowed to pick up to two players from any existing team, though choosing a US allocated player is considered as using both picks. *The Dash are allowed to pick no more than two US allocated players, one Canadian allocated player, and one Mexican allocated player. *When an existing club loses a player, they may protect one of their remaining unprotected players. *Existing clubs are ''required'' to protect players that are... **On loan from another league **A non-allocated international player **Contractually limited against potential movement between teams

Expansion draft results

Team-by-team breakdown

*Bold indicates a player was selected in the expansion draft *''Italic'' indicates a player whose rights are owned but is not under contract *Blue, green, and red highlights indicate US, Mexican, and Canadian allocated players *Yellow highlight indicates non-allocated international players or players on loan from another league *^Indicates a player that was protected after a teammate had been drafted

Boston Breakers

Chicago Red Stars

FC Kansas City

Portland Thorns FC

Seattle Reign FC

Sky Blue FC

Washington Spirit

Western New York Flash

References

Official draft format releaseEqualizer list of protected and unprotected playersNWSLNews draft summary