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2012 WPS Draft

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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

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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

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Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team
1 Sydney Leroux F Atlanta Beat UCLA
2 Melissa Henderson F Sky Blue FC Notre Dame
3 Stephanie Ochs F Boston Breakers University of San Diego
4 Camille Levin M Sky Blue FC[1] Stanford
5 Sarah Hagen F Philadelphia Independence University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
6 Lindsay Taylor F Western New York Flash Stanford
7 Teresa Noyola M Western New York Flash[2] Stanford

Round 2

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Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team
8 Tori Huster M Western New York Flash[3] Florida State
9 Ingrid Wells M Sky Blue FC Georgetown
10 Katy Frierson M Atlanta Beat[4] Auburn
11 Courtney Jones F Boston Breakers[5] North Carolina
12 CoCo Goodson D Philadelphia Independence University of California, Irvine
13 Toni Pressley F Philadelphia Independence[6] Florida State

Round 3

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Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team
14 Bianca Henninger GK Philadelphia Independence[7] Santa Clara
15 Jillian Mastroianni GK Sky Blue FC Boston College
16 Melinda Mercado D Boston Breakers Oklahoma State
17 Danielle Foxhoven F Philadelphia Independence Portland
18 Tahnai Annis M Western New York Flash Florida

Round 4

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Pick Player Pos. WPS Team Previous Team
19 Laura Heyboer F Sky Blue FC Michigan State
20 Jessica Luscinski F Boston Breakers Boston University
21 Jasmyne Spencer F Philadelphia Independence Maryland
22 Erica Henderson D Western New York Flash West Virginia
23 Kate Deines M Atlanta Beat[8] Washington

Draft Notes

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WPS transactions pages '10 '11 '12

  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.

See also

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