2009 WPS International Draft

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} The '''2009 WPS International Draft''' was a special draft for the [[Women's Professional Soccer]] teams [[Atlanta Beat (WPS)|Atlanta Beat]] and [[Philadelphia Independence]] taking place on September 22, 2009. Each expansion team picked up to five international players, to be roughly even with the seven existing WPS teams.

==Format== [https://web.archive.org/web/20120327093456/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/news/press_releases/090818-expansion-draft Official WPS release] * The maximum number of internationals an expansion team may select during the international expansion draft is 5, less any international players (e.g., non-green card holders) selected by a team in the [[2009 WPS Expansion Draft|expansion draft]]. * As per current rules, no team may hold the rights to more than 6 internationals at any one time and may only roster 5 at any one time as per [[United States Soccer Federation|USSF]] regulations. * The Philadelphia Independence will select first in the international draft, the Atlanta Beat second, alternating picks throughout.

==Results== {| class="wikitable" ! width="5%"| Pick ! width="25%"| Player ! width="5%"| Pos. ! width="30%"| WPS Team ! width="25%"| Previous Team |- |1|| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Caroline Seger]] || MF || [[Philadelphia Independence]] || [[Linköpings FC]] |- |2|| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Ramona Bachmann]] || FW || [[Atlanta Beat (WPS)|Atlanta Beat]] || [[Umeå IK]] |- |3|| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Charlotte Rohlin]] || DF || [[Philadelphia Independence]] || [[Linköpings FC]] |- |4|| {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Johanna Rasmussen]] || FW || [[Atlanta Beat (WPS)|Atlanta Beat]] || [[Umeå IK]] |- |5|| {{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir]] || MF || [[Philadelphia Independence]] || [[Kristianstads DFF]] |- |6|| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Mami Yamaguchi]] || MF || [[Atlanta Beat (WPS)|Atlanta Beat]] || [[Umeå IK]] |- |7|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Fara Williams]] || MF || [[Philadelphia Independence]] ||| [[Everton L.F.C.]] |- |8|| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Maurine Dornelles Gonçalves|Maurine]] || MF || [[Atlanta Beat (WPS)|Atlanta Beat]] || [[Santos FC (ladies)|Santos FC]] |- |9|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Lianne Sanderson]] || FW || [[Philadelphia Independence]] || [[Chelsea L.F.C.]] |- |10|| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Therese Sjögran]] || MF || [[Atlanta Beat (WPS)|Atlanta Beat]] || [[FC Rosengård|LdB FC]] |- |}

==See also== * [[List of WPS drafts]]

==References== *[https://twitter.com/womensprosoccer womensprosoccer on Twitter] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090921075645/http://twitter.com/womensprosoccer Archived] 2009-09-26) - see September 22, 2009 *[http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=787516&page=102 Summary on BigSoccer.com] ([https://archive.today/20240524121617/https://www.webcitation.org/5k5gKK05n?url=http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D787516%26page%3D102 Archived] 2009-09-26) - posts #1014 and #1015 on page 102 of the thread "WPS - All horses in the stable?" *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090927161213/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/atlanta/news/press_releases/Atlanta%20Beat%20Selects%20International%20Players.aspx Atlandta Beat Selects International Players]

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