The 2013 NWSL College Draft was the first annual college draft held by the National Women's Soccer League to assign the NWSL rights of college players to the eight NWSL teams. It took place on January 18, 2013 at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Format Draft order was determined by weighted draw based on an evaluation of current team strengths from the NWSL Player Allocation. The order remains the same each round, as opposed to the originally announced snake format. Teams will have three minutes to choose a player in each of the first two rounds and five minutes in each of the last two rounds.
Results Key Pos.GDMFPositionGoalkeeperDefenderMidfielderForward + 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 RoundPickPlayerNWSL teamCollegeRound 11 F Chicago Red Stars UCLA2 F Washington Spirit Florida State3 M FC Kansas City Boston College4 D Sky Blue FC BYU5 * D Boston Breakers Florida State6 * G Western New York Flash Oklahoma State7 M Seattle Reign FC Penn State8 D Portland Thorns FC FloridaRound 29 D Chicago Red Stars Stanford10 F Washington Spirit Virginia11 ^ M FC Kansas City Florida12 D Sky Blue FC Portland13 M Boston Breakers Stanford14 M Western New York Flash Colorado15 # M Seattle Reign FC William & Mary16 # F Portland Thorns FC UCFRound 317 G Chicago Red Stars Florida State18 M Washington Spirit Florida19 # M FC Kansas City Kansas20 G Sky Blue FC Georgia21 M Boston Breakers Florida22 F Western New York Flash Boston College23 M Seattle Reign FC Wake Forest24 M Portland Thorns FC North CarolinaRound 425 F Chicago Red Stars Princeton26 M Washington Spirit Dayton27 D FC Kansas City Missouri State28 # F Sky Blue FC Maryland29 M Boston Breakers Penn State30 # D Western New York Flash Wake Forest31 G Seattle Reign FC Michigan32 # G Portland Thorns FC Pepperdine
Summary In 2013, a total of 23 colleges had players selected. By virtue of it being the first NWSL College Draft, all of the following 23 had a player drafted to the NWSL for the first time: Boston College, BYU, Colorado, Dayton, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri State, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Pepperdine, Portland, Princeton, Stanford, UCF, UCLA, Virginia, Wake Forest and William & Mary.
Schools with multiple draft selections SelectionsSchools 4 Florida 3 Florida State 2 Boston College, Penn State, Stanford, Wake Forest
Selections by college athletic conference ConferenceRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalACC31419Atlantic 1000011Big Ten10034Big 1210102Colonial01001Ivy League00011Missouri Valley00011Pac-1213004SEC11305The American01001West Coast11013
Selections by position PositionRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalGoalkeeper10225Defender32027Midfielder245213Forward22127
References
See also List of NWSL drafts List of National Women's Soccer League draftees by college team 2013 National Women's Soccer League season