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   6th October 2008

SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 6, 2008) – The WPS General Draft was conducted on Monday, Oct. 6. and consisted of four rounds of selections of international and domestic players for all seven WPS teams.

WPS General Draft Results

Round One

Player (College)

Notes

1.    Washington Freedom

Sarah Huffman  (Virginia)

2.    Bay Area

Jill Oakes (UCLA)

3.    Washington Freedom

Becky Sauerbrunn (Virginia)

(via trade with St. Louis on Sept. 24)

4.    Boston Breakers

Amy LePeilbet (Arizona St.)

5.    Los Angeles

Karina LeBlanc (Nebraska)

6.    Chicago Red Stars

Danesha Adams (UCLA)

7.    Sky Blue FC

Cori Alexander (Portland)

Round Two

 

 

8.    Sky Blue FC

Keeley Dowling  (Tennessee)

9.    Chicago Red Stars

Ella Masar (Illinois)

10.  Los Angeles

Kendall Fletcher (UNC)

11.  Boston Breakers

Nancy Augustyniak Goffi (Clemson)

12.  Los Angeles

Christie Welsh (Penn State)

(via trade with St. Louis on Sept. 24)

13.  Bay Area

Kandace Wilson (Cal St. Fullerton)

14.  St. Louis

India Trotter (Florida St.)

(via trade with the Washington Freedom on Sept. 24)

Round Three

 

 

15.  St. Louis

Angie Woznuk (Portland)

(via trade with the Washington Freedom on Sept. 24)

16.  Bay Area

Liz Bogus (Arizona St.)

17.  Washington Freedom

Lori Lindsey (Virginia)

(via trade with St. Louis on Sept. 24)

18.  Boston Breakers

Sue Weber (Hofstra)

19.  Los Angeles

Manya Makoski (Arizona St.)

20.  Chicago Red Stars

Marian Dalmy (Santa Clara)

21.  Sky Blue FC

Kacey White (UNC)

Round Four

 

 

22.   Sky Blue FC

Jenny Anderson-Hammond (Clemson)

23.   Chicago Red Stars

Ifeoma Dieke (Florida Int’l)

24.   St. Louis

Joanna Lohman (Penn State)

(via trade with Los Angeles on Sept. 24)

25.   Boston Breakers

Kristin Luckenbill (Dartmouth)

26.   St. Louis

Amanda Cinalli (Notre Dame)

27.   Bay Area

Tracy Hamm (Cal Berkeley)

28.   Washington Freedom

Emily Janss (Maryland)

NOTE: Each of the seven teams had four picks. The order was established based on a lottery done at the Board of Governors meeting on September 15, 2008 prior to the U.S. National Team allocation on September 17. The order was 1-7, 7-1, 1-7, 7-1.  The WPS General Draft was open to both domestic and international players.

WPS Player Rights Held by Teams (Country/College Team if applicable)
Bay Area
Nicole Barnhart (Stanford)*
Rachel Buehler (Stanford)*
Leslie Osborne (Santa Clara)*
Formiga (Brazil)^1
Christine Sinclair (Canada/Portland)^2
Eriko Arakawa (Japan)^3
Erika (Brazil)^4
Anja Mittag (Germany)^^
Jill Oakes (UCLA)**1
Kandace Wilson (Cal St Fullerton)**2
Liz Bogus (Arizona St.)**3
Tracy Hamm (Cal Berkeley)**4		   Sky Blue FC (NJ/NY)
Natasha Kai (Hawaii)*
Heather O’Reilly (North Carolina)*
Christie Rampone (Monmouth)*
Sarah Walsh (Australia)^1
Rosana (Brazil)^2
Ester (Brazil)^3
Kelly Parker (Canada/UTEP)^4
Anita Asante (England)^^
Collette McCallum (Australia)^^
Cori Alexander (Portland)**1
Keeley Dowling (Tennessee)**2
Kacey White (North Carolina)**3
Jenny Anderson-Hammond (Clemson)**4
     
Boston Breakers
Angela Hucles (Virginia)*
Kristine Lilly (North Carolina)*
Heather Mitts (Florida)*
Kelly Smith (England/Seton Hall)^1
Fabiana (Brazil)^2
Maycon (Brazil)^3
Shinobu Ohno (Japan)^4
Emma Byrne (Ireland)^^
Amy LePeilbet (Nebraska)**1
Nancy Augustyniak Goffi (Clemson)**2
Sue Weber (Hofstra)**3
Kristin Luckenbill (Dartmouth)**4		   St. Louis
Lori Chalupny (North Carolina)*
Tina Ellertson (Washington)*
Hope Solo (Washington)*
Daniela (Brazil)^1
Renata Costa (Brazil)^2
Lotta Schelin (Sweden)^3
Melissa Tancredi (Canada/Notre Dame)^4
Eniola Aluko (England)^^
Ingvild Stensland (Norway)^^
India Trotter (Florida St.)**2
Angie Woznuk (Portland)**3
Joanna Lohman (Penn State)**4
Amanda Cinalli (Notre Dame)**4
     
Chicago Red Stars
Carli Lloyd (Rutgers)*
Kate Markgraf (Notre Dame)*
Lindsay Tarpley (North Carolina)*
Cristiane (Brazil)^1
Heather Garriock (Australia)^2
Karen Carney (England)^3
Caroline Jonsson (Sweden)^4
Alex Scott (England)^^
Laura Del Rio (Spain)^^
Danesha Adams (UCLA)**1
Ella Masar (Illionois)**2
Marian Dalmy (Santa Clara)**3
Ifeoma Dieke (Florida Int’l)**4		   Washington Freedom
Ali Krieger (Penn State)*
Abby Wambach (Florida)*
Cat Whitehill (North Carolina)*
Homare Sawa (Japan)^1
Sonia Bompastor (France)^2
Lisa DeVanna (Australia)^3
Louisa Nécib (France)^4
Erin McLeod (Canada/Penn State)^^
Lene Mykjaland (Norway)^^
Sarah Huffman (Virginia)**1
Becky Sauerbrunn (Virginia)**1
Lori Lindsey (Virginia)**3
Emily Janss (Maryland)**4
     
Los Angeles
Shannon Boxx (Notre Dame)*
Stephanie Cox (Portland)*
Aly Wagner (Santa Clara)*
Marta (Brazil)^1
Aya Miyama (Japan)^2
Han Duan (China)^3
Margret Lara Vidarsdottir (Iceland)^4
Camille Abily (France)^^
Karina LeBlanc (Nebraska)**1
Kendall Fletcher (North Carolina)**2
Christie Welsh (Penn State)**2
Manya Makoski (Arizona St.)**3		    


* Rights assigned during US Women’s National Team allocation ^ Rights assigned during WPS Initial International Draft (Round)
** Rights assigned during WPS General Draft (Round) ^^Rights assigned as Post-Draft Discovery Player (2 maximum)

Source: womensprosoccer.com
 
 
 
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