Last night the National Women’s Soccer League held its ninth annual college draft, with teams looking to bolster their rosters and find future stars in the league’s first event of the year. Sky Blue entered with a stockpile of picks (seven, including three first rounders, across the four rounds), and turned those picks into a very impressive output of four future rookies, last year’s breakout midfielder Jennifer Cudjoe who had been lost to the expansion draft just months prior, and $240,000 in allocation money.
In a draft defined by its unique nature, Sky Blue’s draft class proved a reflection of some of the unexpected turns this year has taken.