2008 WPS International Draft

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

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team	Previous Team
1	Formiga	MF	FC Gold Pride	Botucatu Futebol Clube
2	Kelly Smith	FW	Boston Breakers	Arsenal L.F.C.
3	Marta	FW	Los Angeles Sol	Umeå IK
4	Daniela	MF	Saint Louis Athletica[1]	Linköpings FC
5	Cristiane	FW	Chicago Red Stars	Corinthians
6	Homare Sawa	MF	Washington Freedom[2]	NTV Beleza
7	Sarah Walsh	FW	Sky Blue FC	Pali Blues

Round 2

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team	Previous Team
8	Christine Sinclair	FW	FC Gold Pride	Vancouver Whitecaps
9	Fabiana	FW	Boston Breakers	Corinthians
10	Aya Miyama	MF	Los Angeles Sol	Okayama Yunogo Belle
11	Sonia Bompastor	MF	Washington Freedom	Olympique Lyonnais
12	Heather Garriock	MF	Chicago Red Stars	Sydney FC
13	Renata Costa	MF	Saint Louis Athletica	Odense Boldklub
14	Rosana	FW	Sky Blue FC	SV Neulengbach

Round 3

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team	Previous Team
15	Eriko Arakawa	FW	FC Gold Pride	NTV Beleza
16	Maycon	MF	Boston Breakers	Saad Esporte Clube
17	Lotta Schelin	FW	Saint Louis Athletica[3]	Olympique Lyonnais
18	Lisa De Vanna	FW	Washington Freedom	Perth Glory FC
19	Karen Carney	FW	Chicago Red Stars	Arsenal L.F.C.
20	Melissa Tancredi	FW	Saint Louis Athletica	Atlanta Silverbacks
21	Ester	MF	Sky Blue FC	CEPE-Caxias

Round 4

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team	Previous Team
22	Érika	DF	FC Gold Pride	Santos FC
23	Shinobu Ohno	FW	Boston Breakers	NTV Beleza
24	Han Duan	FW	Los Angeles Sol	Dalian Shide
25	Louisa Necib	MF	Washington Freedom	Olympique Lyonnais
26	Caroline Jönsson	GK	Chicago Red Stars	LdB FC
27	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	FW	Los Angeles Sol[4]	Linköpings FC
28	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.

1. St. Louis traded the 6th pick to Washington along with picks in the October draft, then selected Daniela
2. Washington traded the 4th pick to St. Louis along with picks in the October draft, then selected Sawa
3. St. Louis traded its 4th round pick to Los Angeles along with picks in the October draft, then selected Schelin
4. Los Angeles traded its 3rd round pick to St. Louis along with picks in the October draft, then selected Vidarsdottir

See also

• List of foreign WPS players

External links

• Complete draft coverage