The 2008 WPS International Draft took place on September 24, 2008. It was the first international draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of international players to the American-based teams. For the 2009 season, teams were able to sign 5 international players to their roster.
Round 1 PickPlayerPos.WPS TeamPrevious Team1 Formiga MF FC Gold Pride Botucatu Futebol Clube2 Kelly Smith FW Boston Breakers Arsenal L.F.C.3 Marta FW Los Angeles Sol Umeå IK4 Daniela MF Saint Louis AthleticaSt. Louis traded the 6th pick to Washington along with picks in the October draft, then selected Daniela Linköpings FC5 Cristiane FW Chicago Red Stars Corinthians6 Homare Sawa MF Washington FreedomWashington traded the 4th pick to St. Louis along with picks in the October draft, then selected Sawa NTV Beleza7 Sarah Walsh FW Sky Blue FC Pali Blues
Round 2 PickPlayerPos.WPS TeamPrevious Team8 Christine Sinclair FW FC Gold Pride Vancouver Whitecaps9 Fabiana FW Boston Breakers Corinthians10 Aya Miyama MF Los Angeles Sol Okayama Yunogo Belle11 Sonia Bompastor MF Washington Freedom Olympique Lyonnais12 Heather Garriock MF Chicago Red Stars Sydney FC13 Renata Costa MF Saint Louis Athletica Odense Boldklub14 Rosana FW Sky Blue FC SV Neulengbach
Round 3 PickPlayerPos.WPS TeamPrevious Team15 Eriko Arakawa FW FC Gold Pride NTV Beleza16 Maycon MF Boston Breakers Saad Esporte Clube17 Lotta Schelin FW Saint Louis AthleticaSt. Louis traded its 4th round pick to Los Angeles along with picks in the October draft, then selected Schelin Olympique Lyonnais18 Lisa De Vanna FW Washington Freedom Perth Glory FC19 Karen Carney FW Chicago Red Stars Arsenal L.F.C.20 Melissa Tancredi FW Saint Louis Athletica Atlanta Silverbacks21 Ester MF Sky Blue FC CEPE-Caxias
Round 4 PickPlayerPos.WPS TeamPrevious Team22 Érika DF FC Gold Pride Santos FC23 Shinobu Ohno FW Boston Breakers NTV Beleza24 Han Duan FW Los Angeles Sol Dalian Shide25 Louisa Necib MF Washington Freedom Olympique Lyonnais26 Caroline Jönsson GK Chicago Red Stars LdB FC27 Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir FW Los Angeles SolLos Angeles traded its 3rd round pick to St. Louis along with picks in the October draft, then selected Vidarsdottir Linköpings FC28 Kelly Parker MF Sky Blue FC F.C. Indiana
Draft notes Draft order was determined by weighted results from a coach's poll about the strength of each team's USWNT allocation, which had occurred earlier that month.
See also List of foreign WPS players
External links Complete draft coverage