2010 WPS dispersal draft

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. ^[1]

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Draft Results

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Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team
1	Shannon Boxx	MF	Saint Louis Athletica^
2	Karina LeBlanc	GK	Philadelphia Independence
3	Marta	FW	FC Gold Pride
4	Casey Nogueira	FW	Chicago Red Stars
5	Stephanie Cox	DF	Boston Breakers
6	Nikki Washington	MF	Sky Blue FC
7	Brittany Bock	DF	Washington Freedom
8	Aya Miyama	MF	Saint Louis Athletica

Round 2

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team
9	Manya Makoski	MF	Atlanta Beat
10	Faith Ikidi	DF/FW	Washington Freedom
11	Kiersten Dallstream	FW	Sky Blue FC
12	Michelle Enyeart	FW	Boston Breakers
13	Kiki Bosio	FW	FC Gold Pride^^
14	Christina DiMartino	MF	Saint Louis Athletica^^^
15	Estelle Johnson	DF	Philadelphia Independence
16	Pavlína Ščasná	FW	Atlanta Beat

Round 3

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team
17	Pass		Atlanta Beat
18	Pass		Philadelphia Independence
19	Lindsay Browne	FW	FC Gold Pride
20	Pass		Chicago Red Stars
21	Pass		Boston Breakers
22	Pass		Sky Blue FC
23	Pass		Washington Freedom
24	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

• Women's association football portal
• Association football portal
• Sports portal

• List of WPS drafts
• 2011 WPS season

References

1. WPS discontinues operations of Los Angeles Sol Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine , 28 January 2010, womensprosoccer.com.
2. Belson, Ken (February 5, 2010). "Marta Moves Up California Coast in W.P.S. Dispersal Draft". New York Times. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
3. Goff, Steven (February 4, 2010). "Ex-Sol players claimed in WPS dispersal draft". Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
4. Andrews, Phil (February 4, 2010). "Philadelphia Independence Take WPS All-Star Karina LeBlanc in Dispersal Draft". Bleacher Report. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
5. Civin, Todd (February 4, 2010). "Tony DiCicco, Boston Breakers Add "Pair Of Pilots" In WPS Dispersal Draft". Bleacher Report. Retrieved December 6, 2013.

External links

• Full Results on Women's Professional Soccer main site