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

Official WPS release

Atlanta Beat select first, Philadelphia Independence select second
Existing teams draft 3 – 9 in reverse order of regular season finish in all rounds
Expansion teams also draft 10th & 11th in first round only

Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team	Previous Team
1	Tobin Heath	Md	Atlanta Beat	Pali Blues
2	Lauren Cheney		Boston Breakers^[1]	Pali Blues
3	Kelley O'Hara		FC Gold Pride	Pali Blues
4	Whitney Engen		Chicago Red Stars	Pali Blues
5	Nikki Washington		Los Angeles Sol^[2]	Pali Blues
6	Brittany Taylor		Sky Blue FC	Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues
7	Nikki Marshall		Washington Freedom	Colorado Force
8	Casey Nogueira		Los Angeles Sol^[3]	Cary Lady Clarets
9	Kiersten Dallstream		Los Angeles Sol	Arizona Rush
10	Ali Riley		FC Gold Pride^[4]	Pali Blues
11	Alyssa Naeher		Boston Breakers^[1]	SoccerPlus Connecticut

Round 2

Pick	Player	WPS Team	Previous Team
12	Becky Edwards	FC Gold Pride^[4]	Washington Freedom Reserves
13	Malorie Rutledge	Philadelphia Independence	LSU Tigers
14	Michelle Enyeart	Los Angeles Sol^[5]	Portland Pilots
15	Jessica McDonald	Chicago Red Stars
16	Jordan Angeli	Boston Breakers	Santa Clara Broncos
17	Kristina Larsen	Saint Louis Athletica^[6]	UCLA Bruins
18	Carly Dobratz	Washington Freedom	Arizona Rush
19	Ashlyn Harris	Saint Louis Athletica	Pali Blues
20	Kaley Fountain	FC Gold Pride^[7]	Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Round 3

Pick	Player	WPS Team	Previous Team
21	Blakely Mattern	Atlanta Beat	Charlotte Lady Eagles
22	Kiki Bosio	Los Angeles Sol^[8]	Ajax America Women
23	Shameka Gordon	Atlanta Beat^[9]	Tampa Bay Hellenic
24	Kelsey Davis	Chicago Red Stars	Portland Pilots
25	Estelle Johnson	Los Angeles Sol^[10]	Colorado Force
26	Katie Schoepfer	Sky Blue FC	Washington Freedom Reserves
27	Beverly Goebel	Washington Freedom	Miami Hurricanes
28	Amanda Poach	Saint Louis Athletica	Santa Clara Broncos
29	Melissa Clarke	Sky Blue FC^[11]

Round 4

Pick	Player	WPS Team	Previous Team
30	Jill Hutchinson	Atlanta Beat	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
31	Kelly Henderson	Philadelphia Independence	Boston College Eagles
32	Erin Guthrie	FC Gold Pride	Rutgers Scarlet Knights
33	Michele Weissenhofer	Chicago Red Stars	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
34	Katherine Reynolds	Boston Breakers	Seattle Sounders Women
35	Danielle Johnson	Sky Blue FC	Ottawa Fury Women
36	Kristi Eveland	Washington Freedom	University of North Carolina Tar Heels
37	Verónica Pérez	Saint Louis Athletica	Seattle Sounders Women
38	Mary Casey	Los Angeles Sol	Northern Virginia Majestics

Round 5

Pick	Player	WPS Team	Previous Team
39	Mallori Loften-Malachi	Atlanta Beat	Tampa Bay Hellenic
40	Carrie Patterson	Philadelphia Independence	Atlanta Silverbacks Women
41	Ashley Bowyer	FC Gold Pride	Ohio State Buckeyes
42	Sophie Reiser	Chicago Red Stars	Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues
43	Cynthia Morote-Ariza	Boston Breakers	Loyola Ramblers
44	Meagan Snell	Sky Blue FC	Santa Clara Broncos
45	Lauren Robertson	Washington Freedom	Ohio State Buckeyes
46	Carolyn Blank	Saint Louis Athletica	West Virginia Mountaineers
47	Lindsay Browne	Los Angeles Sol	Clemson Tigers

Round 6

Pick	Player	WPS Team	Previous Team
48	Kasey Langdon	Atlanta Beat	Oklahoma State Cowboys
49	Jenifer Anzivino	Philadelphia Independence	Rutgers Scarlet Knights
50	Elizabeth Harkin	FC Gold Pride	Arizona Rush
51	Fiona O'Sullivan	Chicago Red Stars	San Francisco Dons
52	Carly Peetz	Boston Breakers	Colorado Force
53	Kelly Isleib	Sky Blue FC	Utah Utes
54	Mara Osher	Washington Freedom	Washington Freedom Reserves
55	Sarah Teegarden	Saint Louis Athletica	UW–Milwaukee Panthers
56	Gina DiMartino	Boston Breakers^[12]	Long Island Rough Riders

Round 7

Pick	Player	WPS Team	Previous Team
57	Shaneka Gordon	Atlanta Beat	Hampton Roads Piranhas
58	Caitlin Farrell	Philadelphia Independence	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
59	Lauren Wilmoth	FC Gold Pride	UCLA Bruins
60	Jackie Santacaterina	Chicago Red Stars	Boston Renegades
61	Casey Brown	Boston Breakers	Boston Renegades
62	Danielle Collins	Philadelphia Independence	William & Mary Tribe
63	Caitlin Miskel	Washington Freedom	Washington Freedom Reserves
64	Elisabeth Redmond	Saint Louis Athletica	Duke Blue Devils
65	Taryn Hemmings	Boston Breakers^[13]	Real Colorado Cougars

Draft notes

WPS transactions pages '09 '10

^ ^a ^b Received from 09/29/09 trade with Philadelphia
^ Received from 10/07/09 trade with Philadelphia, who got it from 09/29/09 trade with Boston
^ Received from 05/08/09 trade with St. Louis
^ ^a ^b Received from 10/29/09 trade with Atlanta
^ Received from 01/07/10 trade with FC Gold Pride
^ Received from 06/26/09 trade with Sky Blue FC
^ Received from 01/07/10 trade with Los Angeles
^ Received from 10/07/09 trade with Philadelphia
^ Received from 10/29/09 trade with FC Gold Pride
^ Received from 01/08/10 trade with Boston
^ Received from 06/29/09 trade with Los Angeles
^ Received from 01/15/10 trade with Los Angeles
^ Received from 01/08/10 trade with Los Angeles

v t e Women's Professional Soccer
Teams	Atlanta Beat (2010–2011) Boston Breakers (2009–2011) Chicago Red Stars (2009–2010) FC Gold Pride (2009–2010) Los Angeles Sol (2009) Philadelphia Independence (2010–2011) Saint Louis Athletica (2009–2010) Sky Blue FC (2009–2011) Western New York (2011) Washington Freedom / magicJack (2009–2011)
Miscellaneous	All-Star Awards Drafts Foreign Players Hall of Fame Records and Statistics Stadiums Television coverage
Seasons	2009 2010 2011

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