The 2018 NWSL Dispersal Draft was held by the National Women's Soccer League on January 30, 2018, after the

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ceased operations on January 28, 2018. The draft order is determined using a random weighted draw based on teams' playoffs qualification in the 2017 NWSL season. Eligible players include Boston's contracted players,

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selections, players on its Discovery List, and all other players whose NWSL rights were held by Boston. Eligible players who opt out of the draft would not be eligible to play in the 2018 NWSL season. Contracted players and 2018 draftees, if selected, will not count against a team's roster size limit, salary cap, or international player limit for the 2018 NWSL season. Any players who opted to participate in the draft but were not selected immediately become discovery eligible.

Available players for selection

:Announced on January 29, 2018.

Contracted players

2018 draftees

Retired players' rights

Player selections

:Conducted on January 30, 2018.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Trades

;Notes #

Sky Blue FC NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...

traded the No. 1 overall pick in the dispersal draft to the

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in return for the No. 2 overall pick in the dispersal draft and a conditional first-round and natural second pick in the

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. # The

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traded the No. 8 and No. 11 picks in the dispersal draft to

Seattle Reign FC OL Reign is an American professional women's soccer team based in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Bill and Teresa Predmore in 2012 as Seattle Reign FC, it was one of eight inaugural members of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). In 2020, ...

in exchange for Seattle's natural first-round pick in the

References

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