WPS General Draft Results
WPS
10/06/2008 - 10:00 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 6, 2008) – The WPS General Draft was conducted on Monday, Oct. 6. and consisted of four rounds of selections of international and domestic players for all seven WPS teams.
* View a full list of WPS Player rights by team (PDF file)
Watch a recap of the draft and a discussion of WPS with the Washington Freedom's Abby Wambach and Bay Area's Leslie Osborne on Fox Soccer Channel’s Fox Football Fone-In with Nick Webster and Steve Cohen live starting at 8pm ET / 5pm PT on Monday, Oct. 6.
WPS General Draft Results
| Round One |
Player (College) |
Notes |
| 1. Washington Freedom |
Sarah Huffman (Virginia) |
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| 2. Bay Area |
Jill Oakes (UCLA) |
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| 3. Washington Freedom |
Becky Sauerbrunn (Virginia) |
(via trade with St. Louis on Sept. 24) |
| 4. Boston Breakers |
Amy LePeilbet (Arizona St.) |
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| 5. Los Angeles |
Karina LeBlanc (Nebraska) |
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| 6. Chicago Red Stars |
Danesha Adams (UCLA) |
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| 7. Sky Blue FC |
Cori Alexander (Portland) |
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| Round Two |
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| 8. Sky Blue FC |
Keeley Dowling (Tennessee) |
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| 9. Chicago Red Stars |
Ella Masar (Illinois) |
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| 10. Los Angeles |
Kendall Fletcher (UNC) |
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| 11. Boston Breakers |
Nancy Augustyniak Goffi (Clemson) |
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| 12. Los Angeles |
Christie Welsh (Penn State) |
(via trade with St. Louis on Sept. 24) |
| 13. Bay Area |
Kandace Wilson (Cal St. Fullerton) |
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| 14. St. Louis |
India Trotter (Florida St.) |
(via trade with the Washington Freedom on Sept. 24) |
| Round Three |
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| 15. St. Louis |
Angie Woznuk (Portland) |
(via trade with the Washington Freedom on Sept. 24) |
| 16. Bay Area |
Liz Bogus (Arizona St.) |
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| 17. Washington Freedom |
Lori Lindsey (Virginia) |
(via trade with St. Louis on Sept. 24) |
| 18. Boston Breakers |
Sue Weber (Hofstra) |
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| 19. Los Angeles |
Manya Makoski (Arizona St.) |
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| 20. Chicago Red Stars |
Marian Dalmy (Santa Clara) |
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| 21. Sky Blue FC |
Kacey White (UNC) |
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| Round Four |
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| 22. Sky Blue FC |
Jenny Anderson-Hammond (Clemson) |
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| 23. Chicago Red Stars |
Ifeoma Dieke (Florida Int’l) |
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| 24. St. Louis |
Joanna Lohman (Penn State) |
(via trade with Los Angeles on Sept. 24) |
| 25. Boston Breakers |
Kristin Luckenbill (Dartmouth) |
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| 26. St. Louis |
Amanda Cinalli (Notre Dame) |
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| 27. Bay Area |
Tracy Hamm (Cal Berkeley) |
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| 28. Washington Freedom |
Emily Janss (Maryland) |
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NOTE: Each of the seven teams had four picks. The order was established based on a lottery done at the Board of Governors meeting on September 15, 2008 prior to the U.S. National Team allocation on September 17. The order was 1-7, 7-1, 1-7, 7-1. The WPS General Draft was open to both domestic and international players.