2008 WPS International Draft

Women's soccer draft August 2023 The 2008 WPS International Draft took place on September 24, 2008. It was the first international draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of international players to the American-based teams. For the 2009 season, teams were able to sign 5 international players to their roster. Round 1 PickPlayerPos.WPS TeamPrevious Team1 Brazil Formiga MF FC Gold Pride Botucatu Futebol Clube2 England Kelly Smith FW Boston Breakers Arsenal L.F.C.3 Brazil Marta FW Los Angeles Sol Umeå IK4 Brazil Daniela MF Saint Louis AthleticaSt. Louis traded the 6th pick to Washington along with picks in the October draft, then selected Daniela Linköpings FC5 Brazil Cristiane FW Chicago Red Stars Corinthians6 Japan Homare Sawa MF Washington FreedomWashington traded the 4th pick to St. Louis along with picks in the October draft, then selected Sawa NTV Beleza7 Australia Sarah Walsh FW Sky Blue FC Pali Blues Round 2 PickPlayerPos.WPS TeamPrevious Team8 Canada Christine Sinclair FW FC Gold Pride Vancouver Whitecaps9 Brazil Fabiana FW Boston Breakers Corinthians10 Japan Aya Miyama MF Los Angeles Sol Okayama Yunogo Belle11 France Sonia Bompastor MF Washington Freedom Olympique Lyonnais12 Australia Heather Garriock MF Chicago Red Stars Sydney FC13 Brazil Renata Costa MF Saint Louis Athletica Odense Boldklub14 Brazil Rosana FW Sky Blue FC SV Neulengbach Round 3 PickPlayerPos.WPS TeamPrevious Team15 Japan Eriko Arakawa FW FC Gold Pride NTV Beleza16 Brazil Maycon MF Boston Breakers Saad Esporte Clube17 Sweden Lotta Schelin FW Saint Louis AthleticaSt. Louis traded its 4th round pick to Los Angeles along with picks in the October draft, then selected Schelin Olympique Lyonnais18 Australia Lisa De Vanna FW Washington Freedom Perth Glory FC19 England Karen Carney FW Chicago Red Stars Arsenal L.F.C.20 Canada Melissa Tancredi FW Saint Louis Athletica Atlanta Silverbacks21 Brazil Ester MF Sky Blue FC CEPE-Caxias Round 4 PickPlayerPos.WPS TeamPrevious Team22 Brazil Érika DF FC Gold Pride Santos FC23 Japan Shinobu Ohno FW Boston Breakers NTV Beleza24 China Han Duan FW Los Angeles Sol Dalian Shide25 France Louisa Necib MF Washington Freedom Olympique Lyonnais26 Sweden Caroline Jönsson GK Chicago Red Stars LdB FC27 Iceland Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir FW Los Angeles SolLos Angeles traded its 3rd round pick to St. Louis along with picks in the October draft, then selected Vidarsdottir Linköpings FC28 Canada Kelly Parker MF Sky Blue FC F.C. Indiana Draft notes Draft order was determined by weighted results from a coach's poll about the strength of each team's USWNT allocation, which had occurred earlier that month. See also List of foreign WPS players External links Complete draft coverage 2008 International Draft Category:Lists of women's association football players Category:Association football player non-biographical articles WPS International Draft