Soccer draft
The 2015 NWSL Expansion Draft was a special draft held on November 2, 2015, by the National Women's Soccer League to allow expansion side Orlando Pride to select players from existing teams in the league.[1] The Pride were allowed to select up to ten players total from the existing nine NWSL teams from a list of unprotected players previously provided by the clubs.[2]
2015 playoff teams (Chicago Red Stars , FC Kansas City , Seattle Reign FC and Washington Spirit ) were allowed to protect up to 9 players, and 2015 non-playoff teams (Boston Breakers , Houston Dash , Portland Thorns FC , Sky Blue FC and Western New York Flash ) up to 10. Clubs with more than two U.S. allocated players could protect up to two of them; the remaining allocated players would be left unprotected. The Pride were allowed to pick up to two players from any existing team, or just one if they selected a US allocated player. The Pride were allowed to pick no more than two US allocated players total. When an existing club loses a player, they may protect one of their remaining unprotected players. Eligible players included those left unprotected by their club encompassing: Any current NWSL players including U.S., Mexican and Canadian allocated players Any unsigned player who was previously claimed via waivers Any player that has been loaned to a club outside the NWSL Any player whose rights are held by a specific team Players on a team's Discovery List were not eligible to be selected by the Pride. Expansion draft results [ edit ] The Orlando Pride selected the following playersduring the Expansion Draft on Monday, November 2, 2015.[3]
1 On October 26, 2015, the expansion Orlando Pride announced that it had traded the first pick in the 2015 NWSL Expansion Draft, as well as the first-overall pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft and an international roster spot for the 2016 and 2017 NWSL seasons , to the Portland Thorns FC in exchange for United States forward Alex Morgan and Canadian midfielder Kaylyn Kyle .[4]
Team-by-team breakdown [ edit ] Bold indicates a player was selected in the expansion draft Blue highlights indicate US allocated players ^Indicates a player that was protected after a teammate had been drafted Boston Breakers [ edit ] Chicago Red Stars [ edit ] Houston Dash [ edit ]
FC Kansas City [ edit ] Portland Thorns FC [ edit ] Seattle Reign FC [ edit ]
Sky Blue FC [ edit ] Washington Spirit [ edit ] Western New York Flash [ edit ]
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "NWSL ANNOUNCES EXPANSION DRAFT PROCEDURES" . National Women's Soccer League. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015 . ^ "NWSL ANNOUNCES PROTECTED AND UNPROTECTED PLAYERS" . National Women's Soccer League. October 26, 2015. Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015 . ^ Tenorio, Paul (November 2, 2015). "Orlando Pride continues building roster through NWSL expansion draft" . Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved November 2, 2015 . ^ "Orlando Pride Acquires Alex Morgan, Kaylyn Kyle and Sarah Hagen" . Orlando Pride . October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015 . External links [ edit ]
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