Format

• The maximum number of internationals an expansion team may select during the international expansion draft is 5, less any international players (e.g., non-green card holders) selected by a team in the expansion draft
  2009 WPS Expansion Draft
  The 2009 WPS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Women's Professional Soccer teams Atlanta Beat and Philadelphia Independence taking place on September 15, 2009. Each expansion team made 9 selections from the existing seven WPS teams.-Format:...
  
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• As per current rules, no team may hold the rights to more than 6 internationals at any one time and may only roster 5 at any one time as per USSF
  United States Soccer Federation
  The United States Soccer Federation is the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Its headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois. It is a member of FIFA and is responsible for governing amateur and professional soccer, including the men's, women's, youth, futsal...
  
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• The Philadelphia Independence will select first in the international draft, the Atlanta Beat second, alternating picks throughout.

Results

Pick	Player	Pos.	WPS Team	Previous Team
1	Caroline Seger Caroline Seger Sara Caroline Seger , is a Swedish football player from Helsingborg. She plays for the Swedish Women's National Team. From 2005 to 2009, she played for Linköpings FC. In 2011, she signed with LdB FC Malmö from 2011 onwards. She also signed a 2-year contract with Tyresö FF for the 2012 season...	MF	Philadelphia Independence	Linköpings FC Linköpings FC Linköpings FC is an association football club from Linköping, Sweden. The club was established in 2003 when Kenty DFF women's football club decided to merge with the premier division ice hockey club Linköpings HC under the new name Linköpings FC...
2	Ramona Bachmann Ramona Bachmann Ramona Bachmann is a Swiss football player, who plays as a forward for LdB Malmö and the Switzerland national team.-Club career:...	FW	Atlanta Beat	Umeå IK Umeå IK Umeå IK is a prominent women's association football club based in the city of Umeå, Sweden. The club was established in 1917 as a general sports club, and started competing in women's in 1985. In 1996 the team reached the premier division, the Damallsvenskan but was relegated the following year. In...
3	Charlotte Rohlin Charlotte Rohlin Charlotte Rohlin , born in Linköping, Sweden, is a female football player for Linköpings FC in Sweden. She plays as a defender and is the Captain for LFC. She also has earned herself a place on the Swedish women's national football team....	DF	Philadelphia Independence	Linköpings FC Linköpings FC Linköpings FC is an association football club from Linköping, Sweden. The club was established in 2003 when Kenty DFF women's football club decided to merge with the premier division ice hockey club Linköpings HC under the new name Linköpings FC...
4	Johanna Rasmussen Johanna Rasmussen Johanna Maria Baltensberger Rasmussen is a Danish football striker. She currently plays for Kristianstads DFF and the Denmark women's national football team.-References:*...	FW	Atlanta Beat	Umeå IK Umeå IK Umeå IK is a prominent women's association football club based in the city of Umeå, Sweden. The club was established in 1917 as a general sports club, and started competing in women's in 1985. In 1996 the team reached the premier division, the Damallsvenskan but was relegated the following year. In...
5	Holmfridur Magnusdottir	MF	Philadelphia Independence	Kristianstads FF Kristianstads FF Kristianstads FF is a Swedish football club located in Kristianstad. The club was founded in 1990. The club's biggest success was playing in the 2nd highest division of Swedish football in the year of 1999...
6	Mami Yamaguchi Mami Yamaguchi Mami Yamaguchi is a Japanese football player, playing the position of midfielder or forward. She currently plays for the Swedish club Hammarby IF DFF and for the Japanese national football team.-External links:***...	MF	Atlanta Beat	Umeå IK Umeå IK Umeå IK is a prominent women's association football club based in the city of Umeå, Sweden. The club was established in 1917 as a general sports club, and started competing in women's in 1985. In 1996 the team reached the premier division, the Damallsvenskan but was relegated the following year. In...
7	Fara Williams Fara Williams Fara Tanya Franki Williams Merrett is an English football player. She is a central midfielder for England Women and Everton Ladies.A consistent goalscorer and set-piece specialist, Williams is considered one of England's leading players...	MF	Philadelphia Independence	| Everton L.F.C. Everton L.F.C. Everton Ladies Football Club are a semi-professional women's association football team from the city of Liverpool, who compete in the FA WSL. They were runners-up to Arsenal in the 2009–10 Premier League National Division season. They have won the title once in 1998 and the FA Women's Cup on...
8	Maurine	MF	Atlanta Beat	Santos FC Santos FC (ladies) Santos Futebol Clube, commonly known as just Santos, is a Brazilian women's football club, based in the city of Santos, São Paulo state, Brazil. They play in the Copa do Brasil, which is the most important competition of Brazilian women's football...
9	Lianne Sanderson Lianne Sanderson Lianne Joan Sanderson is an English footballer who plays for Espanyol in the Superliga Femenina as a striker.-Club career:...	FW	Philadelphia Independence	Chelsea L.F.C. Chelsea L.F.C. Chelsea Ladies Football Club are a semi-professional English women's football club affiliated with Chelsea F.C.. They have competed in the top tier of women's football in England, the Premier League National Division, since 2005...
10	Therese Sjögran Therese Sjögran Therese Sjögran is a female midfielder for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer and the Swedish Women's National Team. Although her club number is 11, she wears the number 15 for the national team....	MF	Atlanta Beat	LdB FC

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