2021 NWSL Draft Big Board

by TopDrawerSoccer

January 13, 2021

Determining the top talent available in this year's edition of the NWSL Draft is even more difficult than normal.

With questions swirling about who is eligible -- the NWSL changed the rules so that players that have exhausted three seasons of eligibility prior to 2020-21 are -- and two of the best players in the draft pool already making the decision to sign in Europe, there's plenty of uncertainty facing teams and players.

Players also have the opportunity to stay in school this spring and play the 2021 campaign even after being drafted.

Two players have elected to leave school and turn pro early, with U.S. youth internationals Brianna Pinto and Trinity Rodman making that decision this week. They sit atop the Big Board, as both offer upside and international experience. Pinto is closer to being an impact player in the league than Rodman, and it will be interesting to see how their careers play out.

Below is the TDS Big Board for the 2021 NWSL Draft. Players that are understood to not be eligible -- for example, Savannah DeMelo is not listed, as she played just two seasons of her eligibility at USC -- are not included.

Rank	Player	Position	School
1	Brianna Pinto	M	North Carolina
2	Trinity Rodman	F	Washington State
3	Madison Haley	F	Stanford
4	Emily Fox	M/D	North Carolina
5	Sam Coffey	M	Penn State
6	Kiki Pickett	D	Stanford
7	Tara McKeown	F	USC
8	Yazmeen Ryan	M/D	TCU
9	Jimena Lopez	D	Texas A&M
10	Mikayla Colohan	F	BYU
11	Taryn Torres	M	Virginia
12	Emina Ekic	M	Louisville
13	Taylor Otto	M	North Carolina
14	Kelsey Turnbow	F	Santa Clara
15	Gabby Carle	D	Florida State
16	Delanie Sheehan	M/D	UCLA
17	Sarah Stratigakis	M	Michigan
18	Parker Roberts	M	Florida
19	Viviana Villacorta	M	UCLA
20	Kim Rodriguez	D	Oklahoma State
21	Parker Goins	M	Arkansas
22	Channing Foster	F	Mississippi
23	Taylor Mitchell	D	Duke
24	Victoria Pickett	M/F	Wisconsin
25	Joelle Anderson	M	Pepperdine
26	Haley Berg	M	Texas
27	Emily Smith	D	California
28	Kirsten Davis	F	Texas Tech
29	Amirah Ali	F	Rutgers
30	Lucy Parker	D	UCLA
31	Alexis Loera	D	Santa Clara
32	Kayla McKeon	M	Arkansas
33	Addie McCain	M	Texas A&M
34	Haley VanFossen	D	Arkansas
35	Jada Talley	F	Arizona
36	Hannah Betfort	D	Wake Forest
37	Shelby Hogan	GK	Providence
38	Makamae Gomera-Stevens	M	Washington State
39	Maddie Elwell	D	Vanderbilt
40	Shea Moyer	M	Penn State
41	Julie Doyle	F	Santa Clara
42	Ceri Holland	M	Kansas
43	Kaylie Collins	GK	USC
44	Deanne Rose	F	Florida
45	Alyssa Malonson	D	Auburn
46	Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel	F	West Virginia
47	Sydney Zandi	M	Virginia
48	Madiya Harriott	D	Vanderbilt
49	Sydney Schneider	GK	UNC Wilmington
50	Ryanne Brown	D	Wake Forest