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Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion. The WPS was the highest level in the United States soccer pyramid for the women's game.
The Western New York Flash (WNYF) is an American professional soccer club based in Elma, New York that competes in the United Women's Soccer league. They have won league championships in four different leagues: the USL W-League in 2010, Women's Professional Soccer in 2011, Women's Premier Soccer League Elite in 2012, and the National Women's Soccer League in 2016.
Pick | Player | Pos. | WPS Team | Previous Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alex Morgan | F | Western New York Flash | California |
2 | Sinead Farrelly | M | Philadelphia Independence [1] | Virginia |
3 | Meghan Klingenberg | M | Washington Freedom [1] | North Carolina |
4 | Christen Press | F | Washington Freedom | Stanford |
5 | Lauren Fowlkes | D | Philadelphia Independence | Notre Dame |
6 | Keelin Winters | M | Boston Breakers | Portland |
7 | Kylie Wright | M | Atlanta Beat [1] | UCLA |
8 | Elli Reed | M | Western New York Flash | Portland |
Pick | Player | Pos. | WPS Team | Previous Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
9 | Jennifer Stoltenberg | F | Philadelphia Independence [1] | Oregon |
10 | Omolyn Davis | M | Washington Freedom | George Mason |
11 | Caitlin Farrell | D | Philadelphia Independence | Wake Forest |
12 | Whitney Palmer | F | Boston Breakers | Oklahoma |
Pick | Player | Pos. | WPS Team | Previous Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
13 | Rose Augustin | M | Western New York Flash | Notre Dame |
14 | Meghan Lenczyk | F | Atlanta Beat | Virginia |
15 | Lauren Barnes | D | Philadelphia Independence [1] | UCLA |
16 | Alyssa Mautz | M | Sky Blue FC | Texas A&M |
17 | Amanda DaCosta | M | Washington Freedom | Florida State |
18 | Bianca D'Agostino | M | Philadelphia Independence | Wake Forest |
19 | Katherine Sheeleigh | F | Boston Breakers | Harvard |
Pick | Player | Pos. | WPS Team | Previous Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
20 | Ashleigh Bowers | GK | Western New York Flash | Niagara |
21 | Lauren Alkek | D | Sky Blue FC | Oklahoma |
22 | Katie Fraine | GK | Washington Freedom | Florida |
23 | Teresa Rynier | M | Philadelphia Independence | James Madison |
24 | Tanya Taylor | F | Boston Breakers | UC Irvine |
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