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2024 NWSL Draft
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<p>The 2024 NWSL Draft presented by Ally was the twelfth annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select from a list of amateur players above the age of 18 playing in the United States who exhausted, lost, or renounced any remaining <a href="/facts/College_soccer_in_the_United_States/EwEaQ9LR">collegiate</a> eligibility. It was held on January 12, 2024, at the 2024 <a href="/facts/United_Soccer_Coaches/DY0g56CD">United Soccer Coaches</a> Convention in <a href="/facts/Anaheim%2c_California/nIGWAJWY">Anaheim, California</a>, and broadcast by <a href="/facts/Ion_Television/LRkrmBRr">ION</a>. </p><p>Expansion sides <a href="/facts/Utah_Royals/FIpTyBaI">Utah Royals</a> and <a href="/facts/Bay_FC/EIwrfX2t">Bay FC</a> held the first and second overall picks respectively. <a href="/facts/Ally_Sentnor/q7Tfcdpb">Ally Sentnor</a> was selected by <a href="/facts/Utah_Royals/FIpTyBaI">Utah Royals</a> with the first overall pick. It was the first time Utah Royals had selected first and the third time a player out of <a href="/facts/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_women%2527s_soccer/0Y37QYlW">North Carolina</a> was selected first. </p><p>It was the final NWSL college draft to be held prior to the draft's abolition as part of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement signed in August 2024, making the NWSL the first major professional sports league in the United States to eliminate the draft system. Beginning with the <a href="/facts/2025_NWSL_rookie_class/CpfQMm78">2025 rookie class</a>, first-year players could sign with teams as <a href="/facts/Free_agent/hSjFeIt6">free agents</a>. </p>