The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) expansion draft took place, with Bay FC and Utah Royals FC adding players to their teams. Bay FC had up to six picks and ultimately selected 12 players, including Tess Boade from North Carolina and Sierra Enge from San Diego. The draft highlighted the need for changes in the future of the event. The expansion draft was a significant step for the two newest teams in the league, but there are calls for it to be the last one ever for the NWSL.
βItβs exactly where I wanted it to be.β Bay FC got its goalie β a local! - and four others. Now, they can join the rest of the NWSL in building in a post-expansion draft world | @sfchronicle https://t.co/5zYbpTDkAT
What happened and why in the 2024 #NWSL Expansion Draft? A look at the picks that were (and weren't) made, including a surprise off the bat, and what the future of the event should look like from those who were in it. On @EqualizerSoccer: πhttps://t.co/nYd2FGvE0U https://t.co/LdfohhCbx2
Bay FC and Utah Royals FC added additional players to their respective teams via the NWSL expansion draft on Friday night. Analysis on each teamβs picks, plus more on the future of the expansion draft, from @itsmeglinehan β€΅οΈ https://t.co/35DauZ3Tpf
Bay FC now has 12 players and the expansion draft is behind them. So, how did they do on Friday night? | @sfchronicle https://t.co/5zYbpTDkAT
Quick thoughts on tonight's #NWSL expansion draft, which was successful for both expansion teams, but highlighted that this needs to be the last one ever for the league. At @TheAthletic: https://t.co/HeTTdSN1ZB
After FIVE passes and multiple timeouts, Bay FC ends the #NWSL expansion draft by picking midfielder Sierra Enge, who played locally at Stanford. And with that.....whatever this was is over. No players selected from Chicago despite no protection from the Red Stars.
and the NWSL expansion draft is over. More to come this weekend from the Chron!
Bay FCβs last expansion pick is Sierra Enge from San Diego
Bay FC takes Tess Boade from North Carolina with their second expansion pick.
Alright guys. Bay FC is on the clock. Who do they pick first in the expansion draft?
The #nwsl expansion draft will not even start for another 19 minutes π
Building blocks one by one. @wearebayfc makes their picks tonight in the @NWSL Expansion Draft before their first season at @PayPalPark. Good luck! #BayAreaUnite
just over an hour away from Bay FC making their expansion draft picks. They have up to six to make today https://t.co/FZomfjabuP
#NWSL free agency has been quiet so far. That's a product of an expansion draft and the overlapping signing windows. It's likely to change starting tomorrow, but the NWSL must figure out its windows moving forwardβespecially with global competition. π https://t.co/TUSjxUCuhm https://t.co/QylHhnDr0G
There's an #NWSL expansion draft tonight at 7 PM ET on CBS Sports Network. God willing it will take about 15 minutes as 10 out of 12 teams traded for partial or total protection. Until then, here's where teams stand after all the trades: https://t.co/HrWXoF5Txl
Five hours until the #NWSL Expansion Draft. Will it be the last of its kind? πhttps://t.co/4qK6AaB7uw https://t.co/lB0PUXmWcD
The day before the expansion draft, Bay FC has rounded out its coaching staff | @sfchronicle https://t.co/pcX0cmWGGv
Now that we know who is available, who *should* Bay FC take in expansion tomorrow? A best case scenario mock draft of Bay FCβs six picks | @sfchronicle https://t.co/VWKnSQdvUo
Multiple NWSL teams secured 2024 expansion draft protection from one or both of Bay FC and the Utah Royals. The two newest teams in the league will now prepare for the expansion draft on Friday, Dec. 15. More from @thrace β€΅οΈ https://t.co/kIXOFdtIOk
Nobody likes the #NWSL Expansion Draft, but it's back on Friday, two years after the last (when the same feelings existed). The difference this time is free agency exists. Double expansion looms again in 2026. What's the fix? For @EqualizerSoccer: ππ https://t.co/4qK6AaB7uw
Bay FC has up to six picks in Friday's expansion draft. We finally know some of those options | @sfchronicle https://t.co/puiMvsl8J7
Everything you need to know before the #NWSL expansion draft: a condensed guide to what Bay FC and Utah Royals got from their trades, who's left to pick from now, and winners and losers More @TheAthletic β¬οΈ https://t.co/HrWXoF5Txl
Expansion is just over 48 hours away, and Bay FC finally knows who will be available to them. So, how will this whole thing work, anyways? | @sfchronicle https://t.co/mlWOuK7MoK
If you want to read about just how much planning it has taken for Bay FC to get to this point, spoke to some of their scouting department about how to build an NWSL team from scratch | @sfchronicle https://t.co/cdGHZg9tGz
From yesterday, Bay FC already added five players to their roster in separate deals | @sfchronicle https://t.co/jA3CP96snh
Everyone I talk to hates the #NWSL expansion draft. Existing teams hate it. Even teams in it/that have gone through it acknowledge it's tough on everyone because players *really* hate it. Yet, we keep coming back to it! This still holds two years laterπ https://t.co/dhulg4Jl6l
If you're trying to make sense of valuations for #NWSL expansion draft protection, don't bother. Today clearly shows it is all over the map based on the team(s) in question.
weβre really in [#nwsl expansion draft trade announcements] now https://t.co/ExNzSpMH2I
Building a brand new team doesn't start at just the expansion draft. Bay FC has a plan, and some of it is seeing where the chaos takes them, but a lot of it is waiting to see what exactly the chaos even is | @sfchronicle https://t.co/cdGHZg9tGz
The Washington Spirit acquired full #NWSL Expansion Draft protection before this morning's deadline. They sent Dorian Bailey to Bay FC, and the No. 20 and No. 21 overall picks in January's draft to Utah, getting expansion-draft protection in return in each case.
Based on multiple conversations last night and this morning, multiple deals across the #NWSL got done ahead of this morning's transaction deadline and more teams will have at least some form of expansion draft protection. Protected/unprotected lists public tomorrow.
βItβs funny how I'm met with a lot of doom and gloom about expansion.β Expansion is here on Friday. Whatever happens on the draft floor, itβs been months of tracking and planning and more importantly, patience from the Bay FC front office | @sfchronicle https://t.co/cdGHZg9tGz
It's #NWSL expansion draft week & everyone's realized the implications of free agency on the draft, but there's another wrinkle to this year's rules: even with draft protection from one team, current teams could still lose two players. Let me explain β€΅οΈ https://t.co/9LBa3CrpDw