The 2010 WPS Dispersal Draft was a special draft for Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) after the Los Angeles Sol withdrew from the league. Players from the team were dispersed to the remaining seven teams in the league via the draft.
Background When the Los Angeles Sol folded on January 28, 2010 after a potential sale of the team fell through at the last minute, WPS, which had been running the team after AEG backed out, announced that the nineteen players under contract to the Sol would be dispersed to the remaining WPS teams in a dispersal draft, held on Thursday, February 4, 2010.WPS discontinues operations of Los Angeles Sol , 28 January 2010, womensprosoccer.com.
Format The draft order for the first and third rounds is Atlanta, then Philadelphia, followed by the remaining six teams in the reverse order of finish from the 2009 season; draft order for the second round is the reverse of that.
Draft Results
Round 1 Pick Player Pos. WPS Team1 Shannon Boxx MF Saint Louis Athletica^2 Karina LeBlanc GK Philadelphia Independence3 Marta FW FC Gold Pride4 Casey Nogueira FW Chicago Red Stars5 Stephanie Cox DF Boston Breakers6 Nikki Washington MF Sky Blue FC7 Brittany Bock DF Washington Freedom8 Aya Miyama MF Saint Louis Athletica
Round 2 Pick Player Pos. WPS Team9 Manya Makoski MF Atlanta Beat10 Faith Ikidi DF/FW Washington Freedom11 Kiersten Dallstream FW Sky Blue FC12 Michelle Enyeart FW Boston Breakers13 Kiki Bosio FW FC Gold Pride^^14 Christina DiMartino MF Saint Louis Athletica^^^15 Estelle Johnson DF Philadelphia Independence16 Pavlína Ščasná FW Atlanta Beat
Round 3 Pick Player Pos. WPS Team17 Pass Atlanta Beat18 Pass Philadelphia Independence19 Lindsay Browne FW FC Gold Pride20 Pass Chicago Red Stars21 Pass Boston Breakers22 Pass Sky Blue FC23 Pass Washington Freedom24 Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen MF Saint Louis Athletica
Draft Notes ^ Via trade with Atlanta Beat (trade prior to draft). Saint Louis will send defender Kia McNeill, midfielders Angie Kerr and Amanda Poach, and Athletica’s second round choice in the dispersal draft (9th overall) to Atlanta. In exchange, Saint Louis will receive Atlanta’s first round pick, number one overall, in the dispersal draft, and Atlanta’s second round pick in the 2011 WPS Draft.
^^ Via trade with Chicago Red Stars (Chicago receives FC Gold Pride's 2nd Round pick in 2011 WPS Draft).
^^^ Via trade with Chicago Red Stars (Chicago receives Saint Louis Athletica's 2nd Round pick in 2011 WPS Draft).
See also
List of WPS drafts 2011 WPS season
References
External links Full Results on Women's Professional Soccer main site