2012 WPS Draft explained

The 2012 WPS College Draft took place on January 13, 2012. It was the fourth college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams.

Format

Official WPS release

• The 2012 WPS Draft consists of four rounds and 23 picks overall.
• Draft order is based on the reverse order of the 2011 regular season standings.
• Teams will be allotted three minutes per pick in the first two rounds and five minutes per pick in the second two rounds.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team	Previous Team
1		F		UCLA
2		F		Notre Dame
3		F		University of San Diego
4		M	Sky Blue FC^[1]	Stanford
5		F		University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
6		F		Stanford
7		M	Western New York Flash^[2]	Stanford

Round 2

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team	Previous Team
8		M	Western New York Flash^[3]	Florida State
9		M		Georgetown
10		M	Atlanta Beat^[4]	Auburn
11		F	Boston Breakers^[5]	North Carolina
12		D		University of California, Irvine
13		F	Philadelphia Independence^[6]	Florida State

Round 3

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team	Previous Team
14		GK	Philadelphia Independence^[7]	Santa Clara
15		GK		Boston College
16		D		Oklahoma State
17		F		Portland
18		M		Florida

Round 4

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team	Previous Team
19		F		Michigan State
20		F		Boston University
21		F		Maryland
22		D		West Virginia
23		M	Atlanta Beat^[8]	Washington

Draft Notes

WPS transactions pages '10 '11 '12

Notes and References

1. Received from 01/09/12 trade with Atlanta, who got it from 01/14/11 trade with magicJack.
2. Received from 05/26/11 trade with Atlanta, who got it from 06/18/10 trade with Chicago.
3. Received from 05/26/11 trade with Atlanta.
4. Received from 01/09/12 trade with Sky Blue, who got it from 04/27/11 trade with Boston.
5. Received from 06/01/11 trade with magicJack.
6. Received from 12/21/10 trade with New York.
7. Received from 01/20/11 trade with Atlanta.
8. Received from 06/18/10 trade with Chicago.