The 2010 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 ...
(WPS) expansion team
Western New York Flash
The Western New York Flash (WNY Flash) was an American soccer club based in Elma, New York that competed in the United Women's Soccer league. They have won league championships in four different leagues: the USL W-League in 2010, Women's Profes ...
that took place on November 20, 2010. The Flash had the opportunity to make nine player selections from the existing seven WPS teams.
Format
* Existing teams may protect up to 10 players, but must leave a minimum of 3 unprotected. (Free agents are not included in either category.)
* Expansion team must each select one player from each existing team prior to selecting a second player from an existing team.
* Existing team may protect one additional player after losing their first player.
* Existing team may protect all players after losing their second player.
* An existing team may not lose more than two players.
* Expansion team may select a total of nine players.
Expansion Draft Results
References
See also
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List of WPS drafts
The following is a list of drafts held by Women's Professional Soccer, with a brief description of each.
Preseason 200809 (inaugural)
*2008 WPS Player Allocation: All twenty-one players in the USWNT player pool told the league which of the seven ...
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2011 WPS season
The 2011 Women's Professional Soccer season is the third season for the WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The season started with the opening match on April 9, with the 2011 WPS Championship scheduled for ...
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2010
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Expansion Draft
An expansion draft, in professional sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new expansion teams or franchises. This occurs mainly in North American sports. One of the ways of stocking the new team or teams is an expansio ...
WPS Expansion Draft