2020 NWSL College Draft

The 2020 NWSL College Draft was the eighth annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League franchises to select newly eligible College soccer in [the United States|college] players for the 2020 NWSL season. It was held on January 16, 2020, in conjunction with the United Soccer Coaches Convention at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Format

NWSL teams took turns making their selections over four rounds, with nine picks per round. Draft order was determined by the final 2019 National [Women's Soccer League season|2019 regular season] standings.
The draft was broadcast live via the NWSL website, Facebook and YouTube.
Final list of registered players was released on January 15, 2020.
The 2020 draft was the first since the introduction of allocation money, and the league's first transactions exchanging allocation money involved picks in this draft.

Results

Notable undrafted players

Below is a list of undrafted rookies who appeared in a competitive NWSL game in 2020.

Player

Original NWSL team

College

Notes

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Trades

Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
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Summary

In 2020, a total of 27 colleges had players selected. Of these, four had a player drafted to the NWSL for the first time: Auburn, Bowling [Green Falcons women's soccer|Bowling Green], NC State and South Florida.