The 2009 WPS International Draft was a special draft for the Women's Professional Soccer teams Atlanta Beat and Philadelphia Independence taking place on September 22, 2009. Each expansion team picked up to five international players, to be roughly even with the seven existing WPS teams.
Format Official WPS release The maximum number of internationals an expansion team may select during the international expansion draft is 5, less any international players (e.g., non-green card holders) selected by a team in the expansion draft. As per current rules, no team may hold the rights to more than 6 internationals at any one time and may only roster 5 at any one time as per USSF regulations. The Philadelphia Independence will select first in the international draft, the Atlanta Beat second, alternating picks throughout.
Results Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team1 Caroline Seger MF Philadelphia Independence Linköpings FC2 Ramona Bachmann FW Atlanta Beat Umeå IK3 Charlotte Rohlin DF Philadelphia Independence Linköpings FC4 Johanna Rasmussen FW Atlanta Beat Umeå IK5 Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir MF Philadelphia Independence Kristianstads DFF6 Mami Yamaguchi MF Atlanta Beat Umeå IK7 Fara Williams MF Philadelphia Independence Everton L.F.C.8 Maurine MF Atlanta Beat Santos FC9 Lianne Sanderson FW Philadelphia Independence Chelsea L.F.C.10 Therese Sjögran MF Atlanta Beat LdB FC
See also List of WPS drafts
References womensprosoccer on Twitter (Archived 2009-09-26) - see September 22, 2009 Summary on BigSoccer.com ( 2009-09-26) - posts #1014 and #1015 on page 102 of the thread "WPS - All horses in the stable?" Atlandta Beat Selects International Players