List of drafts held by the NWSL

The following is a list of drafts held by National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), with a brief description of each.

Preseason 2013 (inaugural)
  • 2013 NWSL College Draft: Held January 18 at the annual NSCAA convention, this year in Indianapolis, the draft allowed all eight teams to draft four players who had completed their college eligibility. While they had originally announced that the draft would be in snake format with randomly determined order, NWSL announced several days before the draft that the order would be the same in each of the four rounds, with the order semi-randomly determined with weighting based on evaluation of the allocation results.
  • 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft: After a limited free agency period, NWSL pooled remaining players who were identified by the teams to be distributed via draft. Each team submitted 8–10 player names to the draft pool, with players picked over six rounds.
  • 2013 Preseason Waiver Draft: Drafted players who were waived by their teams were made available for other teams. Six players were available: Casey Berrier, Whitney Berry, Heather Cooke, Tina DiMartino, Jaclyn Logue, and Lauren Alkek. The only selection was of Alkek, originally drafted by Boston, who was selected by Western New York.[1]

Offseason 2013–14

Offseason 2014–15

Offseason 2015–16
  • 2015 Postseason Waiver Wire: Players who were waived by their teams were available for other teams to pick up. Originally announced for October 12, the Waiver Wire process was delayed to October 21–22,[5] presumably to allow for the October 20 announcement of expansion with the Orlando Pride, who were granted top tie-break in the process.[6] Of the 8 players available, all from non-playoff teams, only Brittany Bock (an Illinois native previously of Houston) was selected by Chicago.[7]
  • 2015 NWSL Expansion Draft
  • 2016 NWSL College Draft
  • 2016 NWSL Distribution Draft: Players who were no longer allocated and whose former teams did not offer a new contract were made available in the Distribution Draft, held on March 31. Of the nine players whose NWSL rights were available, only Verónica Pérez and Arianna Romero were selected, both by Seattle Reign FC.[8]

Offseason 2016–17
  • 2016 Postseason Re-Entry Wire: Players who were waived by their teams, or whose contracts were allowed to lapse, were available for other teams to pick up on the re-entry wire (previously known as the waiver wire) on October 19.[9] Of the 13 players available, the only player selected was Sinead Farrelly, who was left on the wire by the Boston Breakers and selected by Seattle Reign FC.[10]
  • 2017 NWSL College Draft

Offseason 2017–18

Offseason 2018–19

Offseason 2019–20

Offseason 2020–21

Offseason 2021–22

Offseason 2022–23

Per the collective bargaining agreement between the NWSL and the NWSL Players Association, the 2022–23 offseason included the first-ever free agency period in league history.[17] Pending free agents could begin negotiating with teams on August 26, 2022, and signing new contracts on November 15, 2022.[18]

See also

References
  1. Lewis, Scott; Drot, Kareen (8 April 2013). "NWSL holds Waiver Draft; WNY Flash select defender Lauren Alkek". NWSLNews. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. "Washington Spirit add Nikki Marshall in Waiver Draft". The Equalizer. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  3. "National Women's Soccer League Clubs Waive 12 Players". Pitchside Report. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. "FOUR PLAYERS SELECTED OFF NWSL WAIVER WIRE". National Women's Soccer League. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  5. "EIGHT PLAYERS AVAILABLE ON WAIVER WIRE". National Women's Soccer League. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. "Orlando City to Launch the Orlando Pride NWSL Team; Announce Head Coach". Orlando City SC. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  7. "Red Stars Select Brittany Bock Off NWSL Waiver Wire". Chicago Red Stars. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  8. "TWO PLAYERS SELECTED IN NWSL DISTRIBUTION DRAFT". National Women's Soccer League. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  9. "THIRTEEN NWSL PLAYERS AVAILABLE ON THE RE-ENTRY WIRE". National Women's Soccer League. 19 October 2016. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  10. "SEATTLE REIGN FC SELECT SINEAD FARRELLY OFF NWSL RE-ENTRY WIRE". National Women's Soccer League. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  11. "NWSL names eight players on the Re-Entry Wire". Vavel. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. Purdy, Jacqueline (2 October 2018). "No players selected off Re-Entry Wire". NWSL. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  13. Levine, Matthew (4 November 2019). "Nineteen NWSL players available on the Re-Entry Wire". NWSL. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  14. Levine, Matthew (5 November 2019). "Five players selected off NWSL Re-Entry Wire". NWSL. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  15. "Eight NWSL Players Available on the Re-Entry Wire". NWSL. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  16. "Racing Louisville FC Acquires Cheyna Matthews Off Re-Entry Wire". NWSL. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  17. "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com.
  18. "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com.
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