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2009 WPS Draft
The 2009 WPS Draft took place on January 16, 2009. It was the first draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams, though other players not previously assigned could be drafted as well.
Round 1
Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team 1 Amy Rodriguez FW Boston Breakers USC 2 Megan Rapinoe MF Chicago Red Stars Portland 3 Christina DiMartino MF FC Gold Pride UCLA 4 Yael Averbuch MF Sky Blue FC UNC 5 Brittany Bock MF Los Angeles Sol Notre Dame 6 Kerri Hanks FW Saint Louis Athletica Notre Dame 7 Allie Long MF Washington Freedom UNC
Round 2
Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team 8 Alex Singer DF Washington Freedom Virginia Washington Freedom (W-League) 9 Kia McNeill DF Saint Louis Athletica Boston College 10 Allison Falk DF Los Angeles Sol Stanford 11 Meghan Schnur MF Sky Blue FC Connecticut 12 Carrie Dew DF FC Gold Pride Notre Dame Pali Blues 13 Nikki Krzysik DF Chicago Red Stars Virginia Richmond Kickers Destiny 14 Brittany Klein MF Chicago Red Stars Santa Clara Pali Blues
Round 3
Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team 15 Kasey Moore DF Boston Breakers Texas Ventura County Fusion 16 Natalie Spilger DF Chicago Red Stars Bälinge IF 17 Tiffany Weimer FW FC Gold Pride Santos FC 18 Karen Bardsley GK Sky Blue FC Pali Blues 19 Katie Larkin MF Los Angeles Sol Brigham Young 20 Stephanie Logterman DF Saint Louis Athletica Texas 21 Elise Weber DF Saint Louis Athletica Notre Dame
Round 4
Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team 22 Jill Gilbeau DF Washington Freedom Texas Washington Freedom (W-League) 23 Parrissa Eyorokon MF Washington Freedom Purdue 24 Greer Barnes DF Los Angeles Sol West Virginia West Virginia Illusion 25 Christie Shaner DF Sky Blue FC Notre Dame F.C. Indiana 26 Marisa Abegg DF FC Gold Pride Stanford 27 Jenni Branam GK Chicago Red Stars Bälinge IF 28 Chioma Igwe MF Chicago Red Stars Santa Clara
Round 5
Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team 29 Jennifer Nobis FW Boston Breakers Umeå Södra FF 30 Stacey Tullock MF Chicago Red Stars Philadelphia Charge 31 Ameera Abdullah MF FC Gold Pride Florida 32 Julianne Sitch DF Sky Blue FC F.C. Indiana 33 Valerie Henderson GK Los Angeles Sol Pali Blues 34 Niki Cross DF Saint Louis Athletica Umeå Södra FF 35 Briana Scurry GK Washington Freedom Atlanta Beat
Round 6
Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team 36 Rebecca Moros MF Washington Freedom Washington Freedom (W-League) 37 Jillian Loyden GK Saint Louis Athletica Jersey Sky Blue 38 Katie Hooker MF Los Angeles Sol Real Colorado Cougars 39 Jen Buczkowski MF Sky Blue FC Chicago Gaels 40 Leigh Ann Robinson DF FC Gold Pride San Diego 41 Kelly Schmedes FW Boston Breakers Charlotte Eagles 42 Ariel Harris DF Boston Breakers North Carolina
Round 7
Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team 43 Lindsay Vera FW Boston Breakers North Carolina State Carolina RailHawks 44 Lauren Sesselmann FW Chicago Red Stars F.C. Indiana 45 Brandi Chastain MF FC Gold Pride California Storm 46 Zhang Ouying FW Sky Blue FC San Diego WFC SeaLions 47 McCall Zerboni MF Los Angeles Sol UCLA 48 Lisa Stoia MF Saint Louis Athletica Boston Renegades 49 Sarah Senty DF Washington Freedom Virginia Washington Freedom (W-League)
Round 8
Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team 50 Kati Jo Spisak GK Washington Freedom Washington Freedom (W-League) 51 Megan Kerns FW Saint Louis Athletica Florida 52 Brittany Cameron GK Los Angeles Sol San Diego 53 Mary Therese McDonnell DF Sky Blue FC Boston Renegades 54 Allison Whitworth GK FC Gold Pride Auburn Tigers Atlanta Silverbacks 55 Kat Tarr DF Chicago Red Stars Missouri FC St. Louis 56 Ashley Nick MF Boston Breakers Southern California
Round 9
Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team 57 Allison Martino MF Boston Breakers Boston Renegades 58 Jessica O'Rourke MF Chicago Red Stars F.C. Indiana 59 Alissa Oldenkamp FW FC Gold Pride Arizona State 60 Mele French FW Sky Blue FC Pali Blues 61 Erica Janke DF Los Angeles Sol FC Gütersloh 62 Sheree Gray DF Saint Louis Athletica Penn State 63 Claire Zimmeck FW Washington Freedom William & Mary Richmond Kickers
Round 10
Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team 64 Christen Karniski DF Washington Freedom Washington Freedom (W-League) 65 Lydia Vandenbergh MF Saint Louis Athletica Charlotte Eagles 66 Lisa Sari MF Los Angeles Sol Seattle Sounders 67 Fanta Cooper DF Sky Blue FC Umeå Södra FF 68 Stacie Alberico FW FC Gold Pride California Storm 69 Stacy Bishop MF Boston Breakers Tampa Bay Hellenic 70 Jaimel Johnson GK Boston Breakers Tennessee
References
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