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2010 WPS dispersal draft

The 2010 WPS Dispersal Draft was a special draft for Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) after the Los Angeles Sol withdrew from the league. Players from the team were dispersed to the remaining seven teams in the league via the draft.

Background

When the Los Angeles Sol folded on January 28, 2010 after a potential sale of the team fell through at the last minute, WPS, which had been running the team after AEG backed out, announced that the nineteen players under contract to the Sol would be dispersed to the remaining WPS teams in a dispersal draft, held on Thursday, February 4, 2010.

Format

The draft order for the first and third rounds is Atlanta, then Philadelphia, followed by the remaining six teams in the reverse order of finish from the 2009 season; draft order for the second round is the reverse of that.

Draft Results

Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team
1	USA Shannon Boxx	MF	Saint Louis Athletica^
2	CAN Karina LeBlanc	GK	Philadelphia Independence
3	BRA Marta	FW	FC Gold Pride
4	USA Casey Nogueira	FW	Chicago Red Stars
5	USA Stephanie Cox	DF	Boston Breakers
6	USA Nikki Washington	MF	Sky Blue FC
7	USA Brittany Bock	DF	Washington Freedom
8	JPN Aya Miyama	MF	Saint Louis Athletica

Round 2

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team
9	USA Manya Makoski	MF	Atlanta Beat
10	NGA Faith Ikidi	DF/FW	Washington Freedom
11	USA Kiersten Dallstream	FW	Sky Blue FC
12	USA Michelle Enyeart	FW	Boston Breakers
13	USA Kiki Bosio	FW	FC Gold Pride^^
14	USA Christina DiMartino	MF	Saint Louis Athletica^^^
15	CMR Estelle Johnson	DF	Philadelphia Independence
16	CZE Pavlína Ščasná	FW	Atlanta Beat

Round 3

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team
17	Pass		Atlanta Beat
18	Pass		Philadelphia Independence
19	USA Lindsay Browne	FW	FC Gold Pride
20	Pass		Chicago Red Stars
21	Pass		Boston Breakers
22	Pass		Sky Blue FC
23	Pass		Washington Freedom
24	DEN Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen	MF	Saint Louis Athletica

Draft Notes

^ Via trade with Atlanta Beat (trade prior to draft). Saint Louis will send defender Kia McNeill, midfielders Angie Kerr and Amanda Poach, and Athletica’s second round choice in the dispersal draft (9th overall) to Atlanta. In exchange, Saint Louis will receive Atlanta’s first round pick, number one overall, in the dispersal draft, and Atlanta’s second round pick in the 2011 WPS Draft.

^^ Via trade with Chicago Red Stars (Chicago receives FC Gold Pride's 2nd Round pick in 2011 WPS Draft).

^^^ Via trade with Chicago Red Stars (Chicago receives Saint Louis Athletica's 2nd Round pick in 2011 WPS Draft).

References

[http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100128-sol-discontinues WPS discontinues operations of Los Angeles Sol] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-06-29 , 28 January 2010, womensprosoccer.com.)
Belson, Ken. (February 5, 2010). "Marta Moves Up California Coast in W.P.S. Dispersal Draft". New York Times.
Goff, Steven. (February 4, 2010). "Ex-Sol players claimed in WPS dispersal draft". Washington Post.
Andrews, Phil. (February 4, 2010). "Philadelphia Independence Take WPS All-Star Karina LeBlanc in Dispersal Draft". Bleacher Report.
Civin, Todd. (February 4, 2010). "Tony DiCicco, Boston Breakers Add "Pair Of Pilots" In WPS Dispersal Draft". Bleacher Report.

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