JR Salazar Simulates the 2010 WPS Draft

Now, there has been a version of a mock draft for the WPS teams held this past Saturday. As you all know. I did not get a chance to take part in this due to other circumstances that were brought my attention.

So instead, I am going to provide my own version of this draft. Some people may say, "Wait a minute JR, you are making your own mock draft? Are you out of your mind?"

Tell that to the others on our WPS team who also thought it couldn't be done. The real show will begin next Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

Note that I do not do this because I am disgruntled, but rather for three things:

1. The Mock Draft went only three rounds. I will go the full seven.
2. There will be twists and turns. The real draft is certainly not going to go the Mock draft route per selection, nor will it go my route per selection. I am doing this for the fun of it, as they have.
3. While the rest of the Bleacher Report team took part in their Mock Draft, I am going to go a different path.

This is assuming that there are no trades, and no teams pass on their selection.

Here's my mock draft. Stay tuned next weekend for the preseason power rankings for the 2010 WPS season.

FIRST ROUND
1. Atlanta Beat – Tobin Heath, M, North Carolina
2. Boston Breakers # - Lauren Cheney, F, UCLA
3. FC Gold Pride – Whitney Engen, D, North Carolina
4. Chicago Red Stars  - Kelley O’Hara, F, Stanford
5. Los Angeles Sol # - Gina DiMartino, F, Boston College
6. Sky Blue FC - Becky Edwards, M/D, Florida State
7. Washington Freedom, Casey Noguiera, F, North Carolina
8. Los Angeles Sol # - Kelsey Davis, GK, Portland
9. Los Angeles Sol – Michelle Enyeart, M/F, Portland
10. FC Gold Pride # - Jordan Angeli, D, Santa Clara
11. Boston Breakers # - Kiersten Dallstream, F, Wake Forest

SECOND ROUND
12. FC Gold Pride # - Rochelle Van Buskirk,, F, UC Davis
13. Philadelphia Independence – Jessica Fuccello, F, Penn
14. Los Angeles Sol # - Blakely Mattern, D, South Carolina
15. Chicago Red Stars –Sylvia Kowalski, M, Canisius
16. Boston Breakers – Brittany Taylor, M/D, Connecticut
17. Saint Louis Athletica # - Kaley Fountain, F, Wake Forest
18. Washington Freedom – Ashlyn Harris, GK, North Carolina
19. Saint Louis Athletica – Leah Blayney, M/F, Central Conn. St.
20. FC Gold Pride # - Malorie Rutledge, M, LSU

THIRD ROUND
21. Atlanta Beat – Katie Schoepfer, Penn State
22. Los Angeles Sol # - Kate Megna, Milwaukee
23. Atlanta Beat # - Elisabeth Redmond, Duke
24. Chicago Red Stars – Corky Julien, James Madison
25. Los Angeles Sol # - Britta Bourne, Hawaii
26. Sky Blue FC -  Erin Guthrie, Rutgers
27. Washington Freedom – Traci DePasquale, La Salle
28. Saint Louis Athletica – Kellie Walker, Western Kentucky
29. Sky Blue FC # - Jill Hutchinson, Wake Forest

FOURTH ROUND
30. Atlanta Beat - - Mick Imgram, Tennessee
31. Philadelphia Independence – Laura Martel, Maine
32. FC Gold Pride – Ali Riley, Stanford
33. Chicago Red Stars – Mandi Mawyer, Texas State
34. Boston Breakers – Amber Cress, Samford
35. Sky Blue FC – Shelby Stand, Holy Cross
36. Washington Freedom – Jessica Menzhuber, St. Mary’s (CA)
37. Saint Louis Athletica – Dolly Enneking, Portland State
38. Los Angeles Sol – Coral Hoover, Cal Poly

FIFTH ROUND
39. Atlanta Beat – Sydney Little, Elon
40. Philadelphia Independence – Lauren Robertson, Ohio State
41. FC Gold Pride – Melissa Clarke, LSU
42. Chicago Red Stars – Dana Gentile, Coastal Carolina
43. Boston Breakers – Beth Lloyd, Central Conn. St.
44. Sky Blue FC – Hailey Beam, Charlotte
45. Washington Freedom – Courtney Whidden, UCF
46. Saint Louis Athletica – Kristin Andrighetto, Missouri
47. Los Angeles Sol – Mariah Johnston, Denver

SIXTH ROUND
48. Atlanta Beat – Carrie Paterson, Georgia
49. Philadelphia Independence – Monica Dolinsky, Kansas
50. FC Gold Pride - Kim Miller, South Carolina
51. Chicago Red Stars – Hannah Weatherly, Mississippi
52. Boston Breakers – Janie Reilly, Boston U.
53. Sky Blue FC – Annie Bevan, Delaware
54. Washington Freedom – KayAnne Gummersall, Duke
55. Saint Louis Athletica – Ashley Rodrigues, Eastern Michigan
56. Los Angeles Sol – Kristina Larsen, UCLA

SEVENTH ROUND
57. Atlanta Beat –Candice Wallace, Southeastern La.
58. Philadelphia Independence – Molly Williams, Villanova
59. FC Gold Pride – Emma Belding, San Jose State
60. Chicago Red Stars – Molly Cornwell, Toledo
61. Boston Breakers – Emily Pallotta, Boston U
62. Sky Blue FC – Jen Vroman, Charleston So.
63. Washington Freedom – Erica Marshall, Towson
64. Saint Louis Athletica – Anna Caniglia, Nebraska
65. Boston Breakers # - Laura Mann, Harvard

# - Acquired via trade.