2014 NWSL Expansion Draft

The 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft was a special draft held on January 10 by the National Women's Soccer League to allow the expansion side Houston Dash to select players. The Dash were allowed to select ten players from the existing eight NWSL teams.

Format

• 2013 playoff teams may protect up to 9 players, and 2013 non-playoff teams up to 10.
• Clubs with more than two US allocated players must leave at least one unprotected.
• The Dash are allowed to pick up to two players from any existing team, though choosing a US allocated player is considered as using both picks.
• The Dash are allowed to pick no more than two US allocated players, one Canadian allocated player, and one Mexican allocated player.
• When an existing club loses a player, they may protect one of their remaining unprotected players.
• Existing clubs are required to protect players that are...
  • On loan from another league
  • A non-allocated international player
  • Contractually limited against potential movement between teams

Expansion draft results

#	Team	Player	Previous Team
1	Houston Dash	Brittany Bock	Sky Blue FC
2	Houston Dash	Tiffany McCarty	Washington Spirit
3	Houston Dash	Lauren Sesselmann	FC Kansas City
4	Houston Dash	Meleana Shim^1	Portland Thorns FC
5	Houston Dash	Ella Masar	Chicago Red Stars
6	Houston Dash	Meghan Klingenberg	Boston Breakers
7	Houston Dash	Arianna Romero	Seattle Reign FC
8	Houston Dash	Becky Edwards	Portland Thorns FC
9	Houston Dash	Danesha Adams	Sky Blue FC
10	Houston Dash	Kika Toulouse	Washington Spirit

¹On January 10, 2014, it was announced that Shim was drafted by the Houston Dash with the fourth pick in the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft.^[1] She was traded back to the Thorns one week later during the NWSL College Draft.^[2]

Team-by-team breakdown

• Bold indicates a player was selected in the expansion draft
• Italic indicates a player whose rights are owned but is not under contract
• Blue, green, and red highlights indicate US, Mexican, and Canadian allocated players
• Yellow highlight indicates non-allocated international players or players on loan from another league
• ^Indicates a player that was protected after a teammate had been drafted

Boston Breakers Protected Unprotected Courtney Jones Jazmyne Avant Julie King Michelle Betos Kaylyn Kyle Bianca D'Agostino Joanna Lohman Maddy Evans Kia McNeill Dinora Garza Kristie Mewis Meghan Klingenberg Alyssa Naeher Jessica Luscinski Heather O'Reilly Melissa Ortiz Lianne Sanderson Katie Schoepfer Cat Whitehill Chelsea Stewart

Chicago Red Stars Protected Unprotected Zakiya Bywaters Shannon Boxx Lori Chalupny Amy LePeilbet Taryn Hemmings Ella Masar Jen Hoy Alyssa Mautz^ Adriana Leon Jackie Santacaterina Leslie Osborne Julianne Sitch Christen Press Melissa Tancredi Rachel Quon Lindsay Tarpley Casey Short Lydia Vandenbergh Taylor Vancil Michelle Wenino

FC Kansas City Protected Unprotected Jen Buczkowski Nicole Barnhart Melissa Henderson Liz Bogus Lauren Holiday Sinead Farrelly Nikki Krzysik Jamie French Merritt Mathias Bianca Henninger Leigh Ann Robinson Katie Kelly Amy Rodriguez Casey Loyd Becky Sauerbrunn Cecilia Santiago Erika Tymrak Desiree Scott Lauren Sesselmann Nia Williams Six Discovery Players (Sarah Hagen^)

Portland Thorns FC Protected Unprotected Jackie Acevedo Rachel Buehler Amber Brooks Becky Edwards Tobin Heath Tina Ellertson Allie Long Angie Kerr Nikki Marshall Karina LeBlanc Alex Morgan Jessica McDonald Rebecca Moros Emilee O’Neil Christine Sinclair Casey Ramirez Kat Williamson Meleana Shim Nikki Washington Tiffany Weimer Michele Weissenhofer Courtney Wetzel Four Discovery Players (unnamed^)

Seattle Reign FC Protected Unprotected Lauren Barnes Stephanie Cox Jessica Fishlock Kiersten Dallstream Danielle Foxhoven Kate Deines^ Beverly Goebel-Yanez Kaley Fountain Sydney Leroux Alina Garciamendez Kim Little Carmelina Moscato Megan Rapinoe Mariah Nogueira Elli Reed Arianna Romero Hope Solo Six Discovery Players Keelin Winters

Sky Blue FC Protected Unprotected Lisa De Vanna Danesha Adams Caitlin Foord Brittany Bock Katy Freels Brittany Cameron Courtney Goodson Allison Falk Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall Jonelle Filigno Monica Ocampo Kendall Johnson^ Christie Rampone Meghan Lenczyk Sophie Schmidt Jillian Loyden One Discovery Player Taylor Lytle Ashley Nick Kelley O'Hara Maddie Thompson Kandace Wilson One Discovery Player

Washington Spirit Protected Unprotected Yael Averbuch Marisa Abegg Renae Cuellar Jordan Angeli Robyn Gayle Candace Chapman Tori Huster Ashlyn Harris Ali Krieger Chantel Jones Diana Matheson Natasha Kai Christine Nairn Lori Lindsey^ Stephanie Ochs Tiffany McCarty Toni Pressley Caroline Miller Jodie Taylor Julia Roberts Jasmyne Spencer Kika Toulouse Colleen Williams Two Discovery Players

Western New York Flash Protected Unprotected Adrianna Franch Amy Barczuk Samantha Kerr Vicki DiMartino Carli Lloyd Valerie Henderson Adriana Martin Sarah Huffman Katherine Reynolds Selenia Iacchelli Brittany Taylor Estelle Johnson Abby Wambach Veronica Perez McCall Zerboni Angela Salem One Discovery Player

References

1. "Houston Dash select 10 players in 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft". Houston Dash Communications. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
2. Goldberg, Jamie (17 January 2014). "Portland Thorns reacquire Meleana Shim and shake up roster at NWSL College Draft". The Oregonian. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

• Official draft format release
• Equalizer list of protected and unprotected players
• NWSLNews draft summary

See also

• List of NWSL drafts
• 2014 NWSL season