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Women's Professional Soccer Draft

Date: January 13, 2012

Venue: Kansas City Convention Center

United States of America

The 2012 Women's Professional Soccer draft is taking place on Friday, January 13th. It will take place at the Kansas City Convention Center during the 2012 NSCAA Convention. Your favorite soccer broadcasters, Dean Linke and Kyndra de St. Aubin, will be the hosts of the draft.

You can follow the draft via a live league webcast from inside the draft room HERE, starting at 2pm ET.

Also follow WTS member Jenna Pel of AllWhiteKit.com for live twitter updates @jenna_awk, as she will be on-site in Kansas City.

The league's fourth annual draft will consist of 4 rounds for a total of 23 selections made by 5 teams: Atlanta Beat, Sky Blue FC, Western New York Flash, Boston Breakers and Philadelphia Independence.

Complete Draft Mechanics HERE.

Posts about Women's Professional Soccer Draft:

Audio: Reactions to the 2012 WPS Draft
posted on January 17, 2012 at 4:51pm

I know, I know, twenty points off for tardiness. Chalk it up to a few technical glitches. To round off our 2012 WPS Draft coverage, here’s a collection of quotes in both audio and visual form from the four WPS coac...more

2012 WPS Draft Grades – Philly and Atlanta Take Top Marks
posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:14pm

Atlanta Beat 1 – Sydney Leroux – F – UCLA 10 – Katy Frierson – M – Auburn 23 – Kate Deines – M/D – Washington The Beat came into the draft with a couple of clear needs, to pick up a forwa...more

Sydney Leroux Goes to Atlanta with First Pick in 2012 WPS Draft
posted on January 13, 2012 at 6:25pm

(Refresh this page throughout the afternoon for pick-by-pick analysis and news.) 1 – Atlanta – Sydney Leroux – F – UCLA Image: Surrey NOW The Beat hold the course and take Sydney Leroux with their first pick to help bolst...more

2012 WPS Draft Diary #1: Excitement and Intrigue
posted on January 13, 2012 at 6:18pm

First, AWK caught up with a typically chatty Paul Riley yesterday. Here are a few quotes and nuggets of info: Riley is confident that Nicole Barnhart will return to the Independence in 2012. “Barnie has agreed to a contract, but we don&r...;more

2012 WPS Draft: Final Mock Draft
posted on January 13, 2012 at 6:12pm

(Join us throughout the day Friday and into the weekend for continuing coverage of the WPS Draft.) 1 – Atlanta – Melissa Henderson – F – Notre Dame The tea leaves seemed to be pointing to last season’s basement club taking ...more

2012 WPS Draft: Team Needs, Who Needs What?
posted on January 13, 2012 at 3:11am

(Check back in late Thursday night/early Friday morning for AWK’s final mock draft and throughout the day on Friday for analysis and other goodies from the WPS Draft.) Atlanta Goalkeeper The Beat solved their hole at goalkeeper today with the ...more

Draft Hopes: An Interview with CoCo Goodson
posted on January 11, 2012 at 7:16pm

Hundreds of college players await the 2012 WPS Draft with eager anticipation. One such player is UC Irvine senior CoCo Goodson. Ranked no. 12 on Chris Henderson’s Big Board, the versatile defender can make an impact on both ends of the pitch...more

WPS Draft Retrospectives: A Look Back at 2011
posted on January 10, 2012 at 2:03am

(As a part of AWK’s WPS Draft coverage, we’ll be taking a look back at the drafts of the past three seasons, including some of the more forgotten ones like expansion drafts and international drafts. Today, we’re featuring last ye...more

A Look Back at the 2009 and 2010 WPS Draft Classes
posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:22am

A Long Time Ago, In A Place Far, Far Away… A Look Back at 2008 WPS Draft
posted on January 7, 2012 at 3:11pm

Ranking the Best Athletes Available in the 2012 WPS Draft
posted on January 5, 2012 at 1:25am

Alright, here’s my provisional ranking of the graduating senior class for this year’s WPS Draft. Some things to note: -This is not meant to be a mock draft, but how I would rate the players at the moment. -Size matters (at some posi...more

AWK 2012 WPS Draft Big Board Pre-College Season Edition
posted on August 5, 2011 at 10:58pm

Here we go. Because the 2012 WPS Draft is (let’s hope) five months away, it’s time to start talking about who might be stocking the rosters of our favorite WPS sides. This is my shot in the dark attempt at a pre-NCAA season ranking of senior pro p...more

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