2024 NWSL Draft & Order

The 2024 NWSL draft is set to take place on January 12, 2024, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The event is free and open to the public. The draft will be televised on ION from 8 to 10 p.m. ET.

The draft allows teams to add new talent to their rosters and improve their chances of winning next year’s NWSL championship.

The draft is open to amateur players above the age of 18 playing in the United States who have graduated or renounced any remaining collegiate eligibility. You might recall that in the 2023 NWSL Draft, Alyssa Thompson became the youngest pick of all time going at number 1!

2024 NWSL Draft Overview

Draft Format and Rules

The draft will consist of four rounds, with each team having one pick per round. The draft order will be determined by reverse order of the final standings from the previous season but trades make it so the order may appear a bit scrambled.

If two or more teams finish with the same number of points, the tiebreakers will be the total number of wins, then the goal difference, then the total number of goals scored, and finally a coin toss.

The team with the first pick in the first round will have the last pick in the second round, and so on. Teams may trade picks with other teams, but only during the draft and for picks in the current year’s draft.

Eligibility Rules

To be eligible for this year’s NWSL Draft, a player must adhere to the following rules:

• Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or a foreign national who is currently or was enrolled at a university in the United States during the 2023-24 academic year;
• Be an individual who has exhausted, lost, or renounced their remaining collegiate eligibility during the 2023 calendar year, including high school graduates choosing to forego;
• Be at least 18 years old on or before December 31, 2023;
• Not be under a current professional contract, nor have previously signed a contract to play soccer professionally;
• Players must register for the 2024 NWSL Draft by 11:59 pm ET on Monday, January 8, 2024

https://www.nwslsoccer.com/nwsl-draft-player-registration

Draft Order

Here is the draft order which is subject to change.

Top Prospects

There are a lot of talented women in this year’s draft class. Some of the notable players that we could see picked high are:

• Trinity Byars (Texas, Forward)
• Avery Patterson (UNC, Forward)
• Maya Doms (Standford, Midfielder)
• Croix Bethune (Georgia, Midfielder)
• Maycee Bell (UNC, Defender)
• Reilyn Turner (UCLA, Forward)
• Julia Leas (Georgetown, Defender)
• Felicia Knox (Alabama, Midfielder)
• Eva Gaetino (Notre Dame, Defender)
• Sam Meza (UNC, Midfielder)