NWSL Draft 2024

2024 NWSL DRAFT

The 2024 NWSL Draft, presented by Ally, took place on Friday, January 12 during the United Soccer Coaches Convention at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The event was free and open to the public.

2024 NWSL DRAFT ORDER AND PICKS

Round 1

#Team

Current Pick

Natural Pick 

1
Utah Royals
Ally Sentnor - UNC
UTA
2Bay City FC
Savy King - UNC
BAY
3Washington Spirit
Croix Bethune - Georgia20
CHI
4Utah Royals
Brecken Mozingo - BYU14
KC
5North Carolina Courage
Hal Hershfelt-Clemson1, 21
HOU
6Racing Louisville FC
Reilyn Turner - UCLA
LOU
7Washington Spirit
Kate Wiesner - Penn State
WAS
8Bay City FC
Maya Doms - Stanford2
ORL
9Orlando Pride
Ally Lemos - UCLA3
LA
101North Carolina Courage
Leilanni Nesbeth - FSU22
NC
11Portland Thorns
Payton Linnehan - Penn State
POR
12San Diego Wave FC
Kennedy Wesley - Stanford
SD
13Washington Spirit
Makenna Morris - Clemson4
SEA
14NJ/NY Gotham FC
Maycee Bell - UNC
NJ/NY


Round 2

#Team

Current Pick

Natural Pick 

15Racing Louisville FC
Jameese Joseph - NC State5, 23
BAY
16Utah Royals
Lauren Flynn - FSU
UTA
17Chicago Red Stars
Sam Meza - UNC24
CHI
18Kansas City Current
Ellie Wheeler - Penn State
KC
19Houston Dash
Avery Patterson - UNC
HOU
20Utah Royals
Olivia Smith-Griffitts - BYU6,15
LOU
21Houston Dash
Kiki Van Zanten - Notre Dame15, 25
WAS
22Orlando Pride
Cori Dyke - Penn State
ORL
23Portland Thorns FC
Olivia Wade-Katoa - BYU7
LA
24North Carolina Courage
Natalia Staude - UVA
NC
25Portland Thorns FC
Kelsey Kaufusi - Utah State
POR
26Utah Royals
Emma Jaskaniec - UW Madison8
SD
27Seattle Reign FC
Maddie Mercado - Notre Dame
SEA
28Racing Louisville
Emma Sears - Ohio State16
NJ/NY

Round 3

#
Team

Current Pick

Natural Pick

29Utah Royals
Zoe Burns - USC 
UTA
30Bay City FC
Jamie Shepard - BYU
BAY
31Chicago Red Stars
Hannah Anderson - Texas Tech     
CHI
32Kansas City Current
Halle Mackiewicz - Clemson
KC
33Utah Royals
Cristina Roque - FSU9,17
HOU
34Bay City FC
Caroline Conti - Clemson10
LOU
35Washington Spirit
Anna Podojil - University of Arkansas
WAS
36Houston Dash
Amanda West - Pitt11
ORL
37Angel City FC
Felicia Knox - University of Alabama
LA
38Houston Dash
Heather Hinz - USC26
NC
39Portland Thorns FC
Katherine Asman - Penn State
POR
40Houston Dash
Julia Dorsey - UNC18, 26
SD
41Chicago Red Stars
Bea Franklin - University of Arkansas12
SEA
42Racing Louisville FC
Mya Jones - University of Memphis16, 27
NJ/NY

Round 4

#TeamCurrent Pick
Natural Pick 
43Seattle Reign FC
Makena Carr - Saint Mary's College of California19
BAY
44Utah Royals
Jessica Garziano - St. John's University28
UTA
45Chicago Red Stars
Celia Gaynor - Michigan State University
CHI
46Kansas City Current
Hope Hisey - Arizona
KC
47Houston Dash
Alyssa Bourgeois - Santa Clara University
HOU
48Racing Louisville FC
Sam Cary - Iowa
LOU
49Washington Spirit
Courtney Brown - University of Utah
WAS
50Orlando Pride
Alex Kerr -  Texas Tech
ORL
51Angel City FC
Madison Curry - Princeton
LA
52North Carolina Courage
Landy Mertz - University of Pittsburgh
NC
53Portland Thorns FC
Katie Duong - Stanford University
POR
54San Diego Wave FC
Madison White - Texas Tech27
SD
55Bay City FC
Laveni Vaka - BYU19
SEA
56Orlando Pride
Talia Gabarra - University of Central Florida 13

1 Under the terms of a January, 12, 2023 trade, North Carolina received Houston's natural first round pick (#5) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
2 Under the terms of a November 13, 2023 trade, Bay FC received Orlando's natural first round pick (#8) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
3 Under the terms of a June 29, 2022 trade, Orlando received LA's natural first round pick (#9) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
4 Under the terms of a January 12, 2023 trade, Washington received Seattle Reign's natural first round pick (#13) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
5 Under the terms of a November 15, 2023 trade, Louisville received Bay FC's natural second round pick (#15) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
6 Under the terms of a April 24, 2023 trade, Washington received Louisville's natural second round pick (#20) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
7 Under the terms of a December 22, 2022 trade, Portland received Angel City's natural second round pick in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
8 Under the terms of a January 10, 2022 trade, Orlano received San Diego's natural second round pick (#26) in the 2024 NWSL Draft. Under the terms of a November 13, 2023 trade, Utah received San Diego's natural second round pick in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
9 Under the terms of a January 12, 2023 trade, Portland received Houston's natural third round pick (#33) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
10 Under the terms of a November 15, 2023 trade, Bay FC received Lousiville's natural third round pick (#34) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
11 Under the terms of a January 30, 2023 trade, Houston received Orlando's natural third round pick (#36) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
12 Under the terms of a January 12, 2023 trade, Chicago received Seattle Reign's natural third round pick (#41) in the 2023 NWSL Draft.
13 Under the terms of a December 22, 2022 trade, Orlando received NJ/NY's natural fourth round pick (#56) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
14 Under the terms of a December 12, 2023 trade, Utah received Kate Del Fava and Kansas City's natural first round pick (#4) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
15 Under the terms of a December 12, 2023 trade, Utah received picks #20 and #21 in the 2024 NWSL Draft from Washington.
16 Under the terms of a December 12, 2023 trade, Louisville received NJ/NY's natural second and third round picks (#28, #42) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
17Under the terms of a December 12, 2023 trade, Utah received pick #33 in the 2024 NWSL Draft from Portland.
18 Under the terms of a December 16, 2023 trade, Houston received San Diego's natural third round pick (#40) in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
19 Under the terms of a December 18, 2023 trade, Seattle Reign received Bay FC's natural fourth round pick (#43) and Bay FC received Seattle Reign's natural fourth round pick (#55).
20 Under the terms of a January 12, 2024 trade, the Washington Spirit received the Chicago Red Stars' natural first round pick (#3).
21 Under the terms of a January 12, 2024 trade, the Washington Spirit received the Houston Dash's natural first round pick (#5) from the North Carolina Courage.
22 Under the terms of a January 12, 2024 trade, the Chicago Red Stars recieved the North Carolina Courage's natural first round pick (#10).
23 Under the terms of a January 12, 2024 trade, the Chicago Red Stars received Bay FC's natural second round pick (#15) in the 2024 NWSL Draft from Racing Louisville FC.
24 Under the terms of a January 12, 2024 trade, Seattle Reign FC received the Chicago Red Stars' natural second round pick (#17).
25 Under the terms of a January 12, 2024 trade, the Houston Dash received the Washington Spirit's natural second round pick (#21) from Utah Royals FC.
26 Under the terms of a January 12, 2024 trade, the Houston Dash received the North Carolina Courage's natural third round pick (#38) and North Carolina received San Diego Wave FC's natural third round pick (#40).
27 Under the terms of a January 12, 2024 trade, San Diego Wave FC received NJ/NY Gotham FC's natural thrid round pick (#42) from Racing Louisville FC and Racing received San Diego's natural fourth round pick (#54)
28 Under the terms of a January 12, 2024 trade, Angel City FC received Utah Royals FC's natural fourth round pick (#44).

DRAFT RULES

Check out the 2024 NWSL Draft Rules.

DRAFT HISTORY

Take a look back at all of the selections from the past NWSL Drafts to see who your club selected each year.

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