The WPS (Women’s Professional Soccer) had it’s dispersal draft today for the Los Angeles Sol players… In really what was a sad day, that one of the strongest soccer cities in the United States couldn’t keep a WPS franchise for more than a year… but i’ll get into that on another post, on another day.

The draft wasn’t televised… wasn’t even live on Twitter… and they wonder why the league will struggle. Here it is in full:

WPS Dispersal Draft (player rights held by the Los Angeles Sol)
Round 1
1.    Shannon Boxx, M – Saint Louis Athletica *
2.    Karina LeBlanc, GK – Philadelphia Independence
3.    Marta, F – FC Gold Pride (Bay Area)
4.    Casey Nogueira, F – Chicago Red Stars
5.    Stephanie Cox, D – Boston Breakers
6.    Nikki Washington, M – Sky Blue FC (NJ/NY)
7.    Brittany Bock, D – Washington Freedom
8.    Aya Miyama, M – Saint Louis Athletica

Round 2
9.    Manya Makoski, M – Atlanta Beat
10.    Faith Ikidi, D/F – Washington Freedom
11.    Kiersten Dallstream, F – Sky Blue FC (NJ/NY)
12.    Michelle Enyeart, F – Boston Breakers
13.    Kiki Bosio, F – FC Gold Pride (Bay Area) ^
14.    Tina DiMartino, M – Saint Louis Athletica #
15.    Estelle Johnson, D – Philadelphia Independence
16.    Pavlina Scasna, F – Atlanta Beat

Round 3
17.    Pass – Atlanta Beat
18.    Pass – Philadelphia Independence
19.    Lindsay Browne, F – FC Gold Pride (Bay Area)
20.    Pass – Chicago Red Stars
21.    Pass – Boston Breakers
22.    Pass – Sky Blue FC (NJ/NY)
23.    Pass – Washington Freedom
24.    Catherine Sorenson, M – Saint Louis Athletica

The biggest surprise was Shannon Boxx and Karina LeBlanc going before Marta. I wonder how Val Henderson feels about Karina joining her at Philly? I mean, Val moved there to get first team soccer…

Here’s an interview we did with Nikki Washington prior to the College Draft…

UNC Soccer Player Nikki Washington on her teammates from The Final Third on Vimeo.

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