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 were able to sign 5 international players to their roster.

Round 1 edit

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPS Team

Previous Team

1   Formiga MF FC Gold Pride Botucatu Futebol Clube
2   Kelly Smith FW Boston Breakers Arsenal L.F.C.
3   Marta FW Los Angeles Sol Umeå IK
4   Daniela MF Saint Louis Athletica[1] Linköpings FC
5   Cristiane FW Chicago Red Stars Corinthians
6   Homare Sawa MF Washington Freedom[2] NTV Beleza
7   Sarah Walsh FW Sky Blue FC Pali Blues

Round 2 edit

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPS Team

Previous Team

8   Christine Sinclair FW FC Gold Pride Vancouver Whitecaps
9   Fabiana FW Boston Breakers Corinthians
10   Aya Miyama MF Los Angeles Sol Okayama Yunogo Belle
11   Sonia Bompastor MF Washington Freedom Olympique Lyonnais
12   Heather Garriock MF Chicago Red Stars Sydney FC
13   Renata Costa MF Saint Louis Athletica Odense Boldklub
14   Rosana FW Sky Blue FC SV Neulengbach

Round 3 edit

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPS Team

Previous Team

15   Eriko Arakawa FW FC Gold Pride NTV Beleza
16   Maycon MF Boston Breakers Saad Esporte Clube
17   Lotta Schelin FW Saint Louis Athletica[3] Olympique Lyonnais
18   Lisa De Vanna FW Washington Freedom Perth Glory FC
19   Karen Carney FW Chicago Red Stars Arsenal L.F.C.
20   Melissa Tancredi FW Saint Louis Athletica Atlanta Silverbacks
21   Ester MF Sky Blue FC CEPE-Caxias

Round 4 edit

Pick

Player

Pos.

WPS Team

Previous Team

22   Érika DF FC Gold Pride Santos FC
23   Shinobu Ohno FW Boston Breakers NTV Beleza
24   Han Duan FW Los Angeles Sol Dalian Shide
25   Louisa Necib MF Washington Freedom Olympique Lyonnais
26   Caroline Jönsson GK Chicago Red Stars LdB FC
27   Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir FW Los Angeles Sol[4] Linköpings FC
28   Kelly Parker MF Sky Blue FC F.C. Indiana

Draft notes edit

Draft order was determined by weighted results from a coach's poll about the strength of each team's USWNT allocation, which had occurred earlier that month.

  1. ^ St. Louis traded the 6th pick to Washington along with picks in the October draft, then selected Daniela
  2. ^ Washington traded the 4th pick to St. Louis along with picks in the October draft, then selected Sawa
  3. ^ St. Louis traded its 4th round pick to Los Angeles along with picks in the October draft, then selected Schelin
  4. ^ Los Angeles traded its 3rd round pick to St. Louis along with picks in the October draft, then selected Vidarsdottir

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