| 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft | |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| Network: | CBS Sports Network |
| Sponsor: | Ally |
| Overall: | 7 |
| Rounds: | 12 |
| League: | National Women's Soccer League |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Expansion Teams: | Bay FC Utah Royals |
| Expansion Season: | 2024 |
The 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft was an expansion draft held by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) on December 15, 2023, for two expansion teams, Bay FC and Utah Royals, to select players from existing teams in the league.[1]
Bay FC will select first in the expansion draft, followed by Utah Royals.[2] The expansion draft will alternate between both teams across 12 rounds, allowing each team to select up to 12 players.[2]
Each of the NWSL's 12 current teams is permitted to protect nine players, making them ineligible for selection. Furthermore, it is permitted to protect one additional player after the first expansion team selects a player from its roster.[1]
| Round | Team | Player | Previous team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  | DF | [3] [4] | ||||
| 2 | | FW | [5] | |||||
| 2 | 3 | Bay FC | | Tess Boade | FW | [6] | ||
| 4 | Utah Royals | | FW | [7] | ||||
| 3 | 5 | Bay FC | | FW | [8] | |||
| 6 | Utah Royals | PASS | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | Bay FC | | GK | [9] | |||
| 8 | Utah Royals | PASS | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | Bay FC | PASS | |||||
| 10 | Utah Royals | PASS | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | Bay FC | PASS | |||||
| 7 | 12 | Bay FC | | MF | [10] |
The following teams acquired expansion draft protections:[11]
On December 13, 2023, the NWSL released the protected lists from teams participating in the draft.[12]
| Protected | Unprotected | |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Bianchi (International – Brazil) | Jill Aguilera | |
| Ava Cook | Jenna Bike | |
| Penelope Hocking | Brooke Elby | |
| Taylor Malham | Sami Feller | |
| Tatumn Milazzo | Samantha Fisher | |
| Alyssa Naeher | Zoey Goralski | |
| Cari Roccaro | Sarah Griffith | |
| Ally Schlegel | Sophie Jones | |
| Arin Wright | Amanda Kowalski | |
| Karina LeBlanc | ||
| Stephanie McCaffrey | ||
| Addie McCain | ||
| Zoe Morse | ||
| Sarah Woldmoe | ||
| Mackenzie Wood | ||
| Grace Yochum (College Protected Player) |
| Protected | Unprotected | |
|---|---|---|
| Malia Berkely | Tess Boade | |
| Sydney Collins | Marisa Bova | |
| Kerolin (International – Brazil) | Mille Gejl (International – Denmark) | |
| Riley Jackson | Hensley Hancuff | |
| Kaleigh Kurtz | Haley Hopkins | |
| Narumi Miura (International – Japan) | Estelle Johnson | |
| Casey Murphy | Rikako Kobayashi (International – Japan) | |
| Denise O'Sullivan | Tyler Lussi | |
| Ryan Williams | Rikke Madsen | |
| Manaka Matsukubo (International – Japan) | Fuka Nagano | |
| Victoria Pickett | ||
| Brianna Pinto | ||
| Clara Robbins | ||
| Katelyn Rowland | ||
| Meredith Speck | ||
| Olivia Wingate |
| Protected | Unprotected | |
|---|---|---|
| Bethany Balcer | Olivia Athens | |
| Alana Cook | Lauren Barnes | |
| Claudia Dickey | Elyse Bennett | |
| Sofia Huerta | Ryanne Brown | |
| Jordyn Huitema (International – Canada) | Jess Fishlock | |
| Veronica Latsko | Samantha Hiatt | |
| Phoebe McClernon | Shae Holmes | |
| Quinn | Laurel Ivory | |
| Olivia Van der Jagt | Jimena López (International – Mexico) | |
| Luany (International – Brazil) | ||
| Alyssa Malonson | ||
| Maia Pérez | ||
| Morgan Proffitt | ||
| Abby Wambach |
| Protected | Unprotected | |
|---|---|---|
| Ary Borges (International - Brazil) | Jordan Baggett | |
| Kirsten Davis | Hillary Beall | |
| Savannah DeMelo | Jordyn Bloomer | |
| Abby Erceg | Kayla Fischer | |
| Jaelin Howell | Parker Goins | |
| Katie Lund | Uchenna Kanu (International – Nigeria) | |
| Lauren Milliet | Alanna Kennedy | |
| Carson Pickett | Thembi Kgatlana (International – South Africa) | |
| Elli Pikkujämsä (International – Finland) | Julia Lester | |
| Paige Monaghan | ||
| Maddie Pokorny | ||
| Olivia Sekany | ||
| Wang Shuang |
| Protected | Unprotected | |
|---|---|---|
| Amirah Ali | Belle Briede | |
| Danielle Colaprico | Lauren Brzykcy | |
| Abby Dahlkemper | Kyra Carusa | |
| Naomi Girma | Giovanna DeMarco | |
| Taylor Kornieck | Meggie Dougherty Howard | |
| Kristen McNabb | Sierra Enge | |
| Alex Morgan | Rachel Hill | |
| Jaedyn Shaw | Sofia Jakobsson (International – Sweden) | |
| Kailen Sheridan | Carly Telford | |
| Kelsey Turnbow | ||
| Shae Yanez |