The 2009 WPS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the

Women's Professional Soccer Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 sea ...

teams Atlanta Beat and

Philadelphia Independence The Philadelphia Independence was an American professional soccer club that was based in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania. The team joined Women's Professional Soccer as an expansion team in 2010 and played its home games at West ...

, taking place on September 15, 2009. Each expansion team made 9 selections from the existing seven WPS teams.

Format

Official WPS release
* Existing teams may protect up to 10 players, but must leave a minimum of 6 unprotected. (Free agents are not included in either category.) Post #35 by Peter Wilt * Expansion teams must each select one player from each existing team prior to selecting a second player from an existing team. This will also hold true after a 2nd player is selected from an existing team: each expansion team must select from each existing team twice prior to selecting a 3rd player from an existing team. * Existing teams may protect two after losing their first player. * Existing teams may protect one after losing their second player. * An existing team may not lose more than three players. * Expansion teams may each select a total of nine players. * A coin flip will decide which expansion team picks first and fourth, while the other team picks second and third. Picking will alternate after the fourth pick.

Expansion Draft Results

WPS official results

Team-by-Team Breakdown

Boston Breakers * Sue Weber #7 (PHI) *

Kelly Schmedes Kelly Lynn Schmedes (; born February 11, 1983) is an American soccer forward who last played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer, and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team. Playing career Early life a ...

#13 (PHI) *- FC Gold Pride * Leigh Ann Robinson #1 (ATL) *- *- Saint Louis Athletica * Amanda Cinalli #4 (ATL) *

Sara Larsson Sara Margareta Mattsson (; born 13 May 1979) is a Swedish former football defender who played for KIF Örebro DFF of the Damallsvenskan league. She won 112 caps as a member of the Sweden women's national football team. Career She formerly p ...

#10 (ATL) *- Washington Freedom * Lori Lindsey #2 (PHI) * Sarah Senty #9 (PHI) *- Chicago Red Stars *

Nikki Krzysik Nicole Marie Phillips (; born 23 May 1987) is an American-born Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender and a midfielder. She has been a member of the Poland women's national team. She previously played for the Chicago Red St ...

#5 (PHI) *

Danesha Adams Danesha LaVonne Adams (born June 6, 1986) is an American retired soccer forward and midfielder. She is an assistant coach for the Houston Cougars. She played for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously p ...

#11 (PHI) *- Los Angeles Sol * Katie Larkin #6 (ATL) *

Sharolta Nonen Sharolta Louisa Nonen (born December 30, 1977) is a Canadian former soccer defender and current women's soccer coach of the Florida International University Panthers. She played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers in college, where she was the first ...

#8 (ATL) *- Sky Blue FC * Jen Buczkowski #3 (PHI) * Noelle Keselica #12 (ATL) *-

Format

Expansion Draft Results

Team-by-Team Breakdown

References

See also