Players who register but are not selected during the 2020 NWSL College Draft will qualify to be acquired as a Discovery Player during the 2020 season. Forward Morgan Weaver from Washington State University was the second overall pick and played WPSL. The NWSL College Draft was first instituted in 2013 a few months prior to the start of the inaugural season of the league. ; The draft was broadcast live via the NWSL website, Facebook and YouTube. Draft order was determined by the final 2019 regular season standings. The NWSL College Draft is an annual event which takes place in January of each year where the teams of the National Women's Soccer League select players who are in their senior season in college or have exhausted their college eligibility.

The 2020 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) College Draft featured 17 Women’s Premier Soccer League players selected among the 36 draft selections. The 2020 NWSL College Draft gets underway on Thursday in Baltimore (Photo credit: Robin Alam/isiphotos.com WATCH NOW: 2020 NWSL COLLEGE DRAFT The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) tonight released the final list of over 200 players eligible for the 2020 NWSL College Draft, which will take place on Jan. 16 at 11 a.m. Players who do not register will not be eligible to be on the roster of any NWSL team until the conclusion of the 2020 NWSL season. Three Former WPSL Players Selected in the First Seven Picks. Final list of registered players was released on January 15, 2020. More information for the 2020 College Draft and all past draft … ET. The deadline for players to register for the 2020 NWSL College Draft is Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 at 4 p.m. The draft is composed of four rounds in which each club has a selection, the order of which is determined by a combination of the teams' NWSL teams took turns making their selections over four rounds, with nine picks per round. Format.