The following is a list of drafts held by

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 ...

, with a brief description of each.

Preseason 200809 (inaugural)

* 2008 WPS Player Allocation: All twenty-one players in the

USWNT The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is governed by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central Ameri ...

player pool told the league which of the seven initial teams they would like to play for, with the teams likewise telling the league which players they wanted. WPS announced which players would go to which teams on September 16. *

2008 WPS International Draft The 2008 WPS International Draft took place on September 24, 2008. It was the first international draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of international players to the American-based teams. For the 2009 season, teams ...

: With pick order based on the strength of the USWNT allocation, teams chose which foreign players they wanted negotiating rights for on September 24. Four rounds. * 2008 WPS General Draft: On October 6, the teams had four rounds of drafting other top-level domestic players. *

2009 WPS Draft The 2009 WPS Draft took place on January 16, 2009. It was the first draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams, though other players not previously assigned could be drafted as ...

: Held at the

NSCAA The United Soccer Coaches (formerly known as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)) is an organization of American soccer coaches founded in 1941. It is the largest soccer coaches organization in the world, with more than ...

convention in

St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio ...

on January 16, seventy of the top players not previously selected - most of them from college, but some with previous USWNT or WUSA experience - were picked by the WPS coaches based on the players' performance at one of the two WPS combines held in December.

Offseason 200910

* 2009 WPS Expansion Draft: The Atlanta Beat and

Philadelphia Independence The Philadelphia Independence was an American professional association football, 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 ...

pick nine players each from the seven existing WPS teams on September 15. *

2009 WPS International Draft The 2009 WPS International Draft was a special draft for the Women's Professional Soccer teams Atlanta Beat (WPS), Atlanta Beat and Philadelphia Independence taking place on September 22, 2009. Each expansion team picked up to five international p ...

: On September 22, the Atlanta Beat and

select up to five non-American players each. The existing seven WPS teams were not included in this draft. *

2010 WPS Draft The 2010 WPS College Draft took place on January 15, 2010. It was the second college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams. Format Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

; all nine teams drafted players to fill out their rosters. The two expansion teams received extra picks during the first round. * 2010 WPS Dispersal Draft: Held on February 4 to disperse the players of the

Los Angeles Sol The Los Angeles Sol was an American professional association football, soccer club that was based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The team was co-owned and operated by Anschutz E ...

to the eight remaining WPS teams after the Sol folded in the last week of January.

Offseason 201011

* 2010 WPS Expansion Draft: Held November 20, 2010 for expansion team,

Western New York Flash The Western New York Flash (WNY Flash) was an American women's soccer club based in Elma, New York, that most recently competed in the United Women's Soccer league in 2018. They won league championships in four different leagues: the USL W-Leag ...

to acquire players *

2011 WPS Draft The 2011 WPS College Draft took place on January 14, 2011. It was the third college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams. Format Baltimore Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the 20th-large ...

; all six teams drafted players to fill out their rosters. The expansion

received an extra first round pick.

Offseason 201112

2012 WPS Draft The 2012 WPS College Draft took place on January 13, 2012. It was the fourth college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams. Format Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more t ...

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

. All five teams drafted players to fill out their rosters in twenty-three picks over four rounds.

Preseason 200809 (inaugural)

Offseason 200910

Offseason 201011

Offseason 201112

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