2014 NWSL College Draft

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2014 NWSL College Draft
General information
SportSoccer
Date(s)January 17, 2014
Time10:00 AM ET
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Overview
36 total selections
First selectionCrystal Dunn, Washington Spirit
Most selectionsFC Kansas City
Boston Breakers
(6 selections)
Fewest selectionsPortland Thorns FC
(2 selections)
← 2013
2015 →

The 2014 NWSL College Draft was held on January 17, 2014 at the NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia, PA and was open to the public.[1]

Format[]

  • Draft order was determined by the final 2013 regular season standings.[2]
  • The Houston Dash, the expansion team associated with the Houston Dynamo, then received the fifth pick in the first round, between the four teams that missed the 2013 playoffs and the four that made the playoffs, and first pick in the second and fourth rounds.[3] After the 2014 allocations were released, this was later updated to give Houston the second pick in the first round[4] and the first pick in the third round.[5]

Results[]

Key[]

+ Denotes player who has been selected as NWSL Most Valuable Player
* Denotes player who has been selected for an NWSL Best XI or NWSL Second XI team
^ Denotes player who has been selected as NWSL Rookie of the Year
# Denotes player who has never appeared in an NWSL regular season or playoff game

Picks[]

Round Pick Nat. Player Pos. NWSL Team Note Previous Team
Round 1 1 United States Crystal Dunn+* F Washington Spirit North Carolina
Round 1 2 United States Kealia Ohai* F Houston Dash North Carolina
Round 1 3 United States Julie Johnston*^ D Chicago Red Stars [R1 trade 1] Santa Clara
Round 1 4 United States Vanessa DiBernardo* M Chicago Red Stars Illinois
Round 1 5 United States Kassey Kallman D FC Kansas City [R1 trade 2] Florida State
Round 1 6 United States Maya Hayes F Sky Blue FC Penn State
Round 1 7 United States Amanda Frisbie D/F Seattle Reign FC [R1 trade 3] Portland
Round 1 8 Canada Nkem Ezurike F Boston Breakers [R1 trade 4] Michigan
Round 1 9 United States Courtney Verloo F Western New York Flash Stanford
Round 2 10 Brazil Rafaelle Souza F Houston Dash Mississippi
Round 2 11 United States Marissa Diggs D Houston Dash [R2 trade 1] UCF
Round 2 12 United States Morgan Marlborough F FC Kansas City [R2 trade 2] Santa Clara
Round 2 13 Iceland Natasha Anasi# D/M Boston Breakers [R2 trade 3] Duke
Round 2 14 United States # D/M Western New York Flash [R2 trade 4] BYU
Round 2 15 United States Hayley Haagsma D/M Sky Blue FC Texas Tech
Round 2 16 United States Jenna Richmond M/F FC Kansas City [R2 trade 5] UCLA
Round 2 17 United States Megan Brigman D Seattle Reign FC [R2 trade 6] North Carolina
Round 2 18 United States Kelsey Wys GK Western New York Flash Florida State
Round 3 19 United States Frances Silva F FC Kansas City [R3 trade 1] West Virginia
Round 3 20 United States Mandy Laddish M FC Kansas City [R3 trade 2] Notre Dame
Round 3 21 United States Jazmine Reeves F Boston Breakers [R3 trade 3] Virginia Tech
Round 3 22 United States Hayley Brock F Chicago Red Stars Maryland
Round 3 23 United States Mollie Pathman D/M/F Boston Breakers Duke
Round 3 24 Chinese Taipei Michelle Pao# D/M Sky Blue FC Pepperdine
Round 3 25 United States Emily Menges* D Portland Thorns FC Georgetown
Round 3 26 United States Molly Menchel D Washington Spirit [R3 trade 4] Virginia
Round 3 27 United States # D/M Western New York Flash Virginia
Round 4 28 United States Jordan Jackson D/M/F Houston Dash Nebraska
Round 4 29 United States # D/M Washington Spirit Virginia
Round 4 30 United States # M Seattle Reign FC Portland
Round 4 31 United States Elisabeth Sullivan F Portland Thorns FC [R4 trade 1] Mississippi State
Round 4 32 United States Jami Kranich GK Boston Breakers Villanova
Round 4 33 United States Elizabeth Eddy D/M/F Sky Blue FC USC
Round 4 34 United States Kim DeCesare M/F Boston Breakers [R4 trade 2] Duke
Round 4 35 Canada Maegan Kelly M/F FC Kansas City Marquette
Round 4 36 United States Kristen Hamilton* F Western New York Flash Denver

Draft notes[]

Round 1:

  1. ^ Seattle Reign FC → Chicago Red Stars. March 1, 2013: Seattle Reign FC sent their first-round selection in the 2014 draft plus future considerations to Chicago Red Stars in exchange for midfielder Keelin Winters and Chicago's 4th round pick.[6]
  2. ^ Boston Breakers → FC Kansas City. October 17, 2013: Boston Breakers sent their first-round selection in the 2014 draft to FC Kansas City in exchange for forward Courtney Jones and FCKC's first-round pick.[7]
  3. ^ Portland Thorns FC → Seattle Reign. December 10, 2013: Seattle Reign FC sent defender Nikki Marshall and the No. 9 pick in the 2014 National Women's Soccer League College Draft to the Portland Thorns in exchange for Portland's No. 6 pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft and a second-round pick in the 2015 Draft.[8]
  4. ^ FC Kansas City → Boston Breakers. October 17, 2013: FC Kansas City sent forward Courtney Jones and their first-round pick to Boston Breakers in exchange for Boston's first-round selection in the 2014 draft.[7]

Round 2:

  1. ^ Washington Spirit → Seattle Reign FC → Portland Thorns FC → Houston Dash. July 1, 2013: Seattle Reign FC sent Lindsay Taylor and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft to Washington Spirit in exchange for the Spirit's 2014 College Draft second-round selection.[9] December 10, 2013: Seattle Reign FC sent defender Nikki Marshall and the No. 9 pick in the 2014 National Women's Soccer League College Draft to the Portland Thorns in exchange for Portland's No. 6 pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft and a second-round pick in the 2015 Draft.[8] January 17, 2014: Portland Thorns traded their 2nd round pick and a player to be named later to Houston Dash in exchange for Meleana Shim[10]
  2. ^ Seattle Reign FC → FC Kansas City. July 1, 2013: Seattle Reign FC traded midfielder Teresa Noyola, their second-round pick in the 2014 college draft and the rights to unsigned defender Nikki Krzysik to FC Kansas City for forward Renae Cuéllar and FC Kansas City's third-round pick in the 2014 college draft.[11]
  3. ^ Chicago Red Stars → Boston Breakers. October 29, 2013: Chicago Red Stars acquired the rights to defender Casey Short along with a third-round pick in the 2015 National Women's Soccer League College Draft in exchange for the No. 11 overall pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft.[12]
  4. ^ Boston Breakers → Western New York Flash. April 29, 2013: Boston Breakers acquired defender Melinda Mercado from the Western New York Flash in exchange for their second round pick in the 2014 National Women's Soccer League College Draft[13]
  5. ^ Portland Thorns FC → FC Kansas City. January 13, 2014: Portland Thorns send their second second-round pick to FC Kansas City and receive Sinead Farrelly.
  6. ^ FC Kansas City → Seattle Reign FC. December 5, 2013: FC Kansas City sent their second-round pick (15th overall) to Seattle Reign FC and their third-round pick in 2015 in exchange for Liz Bogus and the 17th overall selection (third-round) in the 2014 draft[14]

Round 3:

  1. ^ Houston Dash → FC Kansas City. January 13, 2014: FC Kansas City has acquired the 19th pick from the Houston Dash in exchange for Bianca Henninger[15]
  2. ^ Washington Spirit → Seattle Reign FC → FC Kansas City. October 25, 2013: Washington Spirit sent the rights to defenders Alina Garciamendez and Nikki Marshall and the 17th overall pick in the 2014 Draft to Seattle Reign FC in exchange for forward Renae Cuéllar, the 23rd overall selection in the 2014 draft, and the rights to forward Jodie Taylor.[16] December 5, 2013: FC Kansas City sent their second-round pick (15th overall) to Seattle Reign FC and their third-round pick in 2015 in exchange for Liz Bogus and the 17th overall selection (third-round) in the 2014 draft[14]
  3. ^ Seattle Reign FC → Boston Breakers. October 23, 2013: Seattle Reign FC has acquired midfielder Mariah Nogueira from the Boston Breakers in exchange for Seattle's third round-pick (No. 18 overall) in the 2014 NWSL College Draft and Reign FC's third-round pick in the 2015 draft [17]
  4. ^ FC Kansas City → Seattle Reign FC → Washington Spirit. July 1, 2013: Seattle Reign FC traded midfielder Teresa Noyola, their second-round pick in the 2014 college draft and the rights to unsigned defender Nikki Krzysik to FC Kansas City for forward Renae Cuéllar and FC Kansas City's third-round pick in the 2014 college draft.[11] October 25, 2013: Seattle Reign FC sent forward Renae Cuéllar, the 23rd overall selection in the 2014 draft, and the rights to forward Jodie Taylor to Washington Spirit in exchange for the rights to defenders Alina Garciamendez and Nikki Marshall and the 17th overall pick in the 2014 Draft.[16]

Round 4:

  1. ^ Chicago Red Stars → Seattle Reign FC → Washington Spirit → Portland Thorns. March 1, 2013: Seattle Reign FC sent their first-round selection in the 2014 draft plus future considerations to Chicago Red Stars in exchange for midfielder Keelin Winters and Chicago's 4th round pick.[6] July 1, 2013: Seattle Reign FC sent Lindsay Taylor and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft to Washington Spirit in exchange for the Spirit's 2014 College Draft second-round selection.[9] January 17, 2014: Washington Spirit traded their 4th pick in the 4th round to Portland for Tiffany Weimer[10]
  2. ^ Portland Thorns FC → Boston Breakers. January 17, 2014: Portland traded their 7th pick in the 4th round and their 2nd round pick in the 2015 college draft to Boston for Michelle Betos.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 NWSL COLLEGE DRAFT SET FOR JAN. 17". Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "EARLY LOOK: 2014 NWSL COLLEGE DRAFT". Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  3. ^ Murray, Caitlin. "Dynamo welcome NWSL expansion team: Houston Dash". Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  4. ^ Murray, Caitlin. "NWSL allocates 26 USWNT players, including Press to Red Stars". Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "NWSL ANNOUNCES 2014 COLLEGE DRAFT ORDER". NWSL. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "SEATTLE ACQUIRES WINTERS FROM CHICAGO". Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "BREAKERS ACQUIRE COURTNEY JONES FROM FCKC". Archived from the original on October 25, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "THORNS ACQUIRE DEFENDER NIKKI MARSHALL IN TRADE". Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  9. ^ a b "SPIRIT TRADE FOR FORWARD LINDSAY TAYLOR". Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  10. ^ a b c "SPIRIT SELECT CRYSTAL DUNN WITH FIRST OVERALL PICK". Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  11. ^ a b "REIGN FC ACQUIRES FORWARD RENAE CUÉLLAR". Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  12. ^ "BOSTON BREAKERS TRADE CASEY SHORT TO CHICAGO RED STARS". Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  13. ^ "BREAKERS ACQUIRE MERCADO FROM FLASH". Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  14. ^ a b "LIZ BOGUS TRADED TO FC KANSAS CITY". Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  15. ^ "Dash acquire Henninger from Blues for pick". Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  16. ^ a b "REIGN, SPIRIT PULL OFF 4-PLAYER TRADE". Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  17. ^ "MARIAH NOGUEIRA TRADED TO SEATTLE REIGN FC". Retrieved December 6, 2013.

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