2017 NWSL Mock Draft (best draft in league history)

If someone can post the current # of picks that each team has in each round, that would be great.
The Dash have traded away virtually all of their picks, but for now we'll assume everyone has 4 picks.

Round 1
1.) Expansion team A: Kadeisha Buchanan (D) (West Virginia) (the first non-USA player to go #1 overall?)
2.) Expansion team B: Rose Lavelle (MF) (Wisconsin) (best midfielder out of college since Morgan Brian)
3.) Boston: Morgan Andrews (MF) (USC) (Boston gets their local near hometown girl)
4.) WNY Flash: Rachel Hill (F/MF) (UCONN) (lots of potential left for her to reach USWNT caliber)
5.) Sky Blue FC: Jane Campbell (GK) (Stanford) (no goalkeeper has ever been drafted this high before)
6.) Orlando: Savannah Jordan (F) (Florida) (the best striker in the draft)
7.) Chicago: Toni Payne (F/MF) (Duke) (very similar player to Crystal Dunn, not as talented, but talented)
8.) FCKC: Joanna Boyles (MF) (UNC) (KC knows how to draft intelligently, as Boyles has a pro ready game)
9.) Houston: Maddie Bauer (D) (Stanford) (the Dash need more depth and youth on defense)
10.) Washington: Murielle Tiernan (F) (V-Tech) (the Spirit would be lucky if she fell right on their lap)
11.) Portland: Arielle Ship (F) (Cal) (the steal of the entire draft. best striker in the Pac 12 since Leroux)
12.) Seattle: Stephanie Amack (D) (Stanford) (the Reign go for a defender here, and Amack is fundamental)

Round 2
1.) Expansion team A: Ashley Lawrence (MF) (West Virginia) (smart to keep her and Buchanan together)
2.) Expansion team B: Ashley Hatch (F) (BYU) (star striker has dreams of dominating at the pro level)
3.) Boston: McKenzie Meehan (F) (Boston College) (the Breakers go for local striker from Boston College)
4.) WNY Flash: Nickolette Driesse (MF) (Penn State) (most underrated midfielder in this draft)
5.) Sky Blue FC: Rebecca Quinn (D) (Duke) (Sky Blue goes Canadian here, and Quinn can play)
6.) Orlando: Kirsten Crowley (D) (Florida State) (team captain for the Seminoles, high quality defender)
7.) Chicago: Kayla Mills (D) (USC) (tall and one of the most athletic defenders to ever come out of college)
8.) FCKC: Margaret Purce (F) (Harvard) (being brought in as a super sub for Sydney Leroux)
9.) Houston: Christina Gibbons (MF) (Duke) (one of the best pro ready midfielders falls right to the Dash)
10.) Washington: Candace Cephers (MF) (V-Tech) (maybe the most "imposing" player in the draft, DM type)
11.) Portland: Allison Wetherington (MF) (Portland) (Thorns stay local for a change and draft a Pilot)
12.) Seattle: Hannah Wilkinson (F) (Tennessee) (Laura Harvey pulls a fast one and drafts the Fern here)

 

Duke also has Taylor Racioppi (who led them in points) and Kayla McCoy (who led them in goal scoring).
Neither of them are seniors this coming season.
But if Racippoi were draft eligible, she might be drafted above all other Duke players, including Payne.

Payne earned herself an elevated slot in the draft just by this one play alone.
It was one of the best individual plays in the history of college soccer, and especially in the college cup (at 1:46:45).



But Racioppi is an Italian midfielder from New Jersey who is primed to be the #1 overall pick in the 2019 draft.
She was on the U-20 World Cup team in 2014 before she was even a high school senior later that fall season.
She is the closest thing we've seen to a Heath style of player from college, and this is just one of her moves (at 9:42).

 

Ashley Sanchez, Rose Lavelle, Danielle Colaprico, Morgan Andrews, and Cari Roccaro are the next in line.
For Ohai, she needs to have a spectacular year. She really needs to "catch" their attention at this point.

 

This is beginning to look like the draft of the Breakers.
How many more draft picks will they acquire?

Here's the current draft order as of 7/23/2016:
*Note* - Subject to Change

1.) Boston
2.) Seattle (from Houston)
3.) FCKC
4.) Seattle
5.) WNY (from Orlando)
6.) Chicago
7.) Sky Blue
8.) WNY
9.) Washington
10.) Sky Blue (from Portland)

11.) Boston
12.) Boston (from multiple teams) (originally Houston's pick, eventually to WNY, and then to Boston for Zerboni)
13.) Boston (from multiple teams) (originally FCKC's pick)
14.) Boston (from Seattle)
15.) WNY (from multiple teams) (originally Orlando's pick)
16.) Chicago (the lowest of Boston's 2nd round picks go to Chicago, Chicago gets their original pick back)
17.) Portland (from Sky Blue)
18.) WNY
19.) Washington
20.) Portland

21.) Boston
22.) Sky Blue (from Houston)
23.) FCKC
24.) Seattle
25.) Orlando
26.) Boston (from Chicago)
27.) Sky Blue
28.) Portland (from WNY)
29.) Washington
30.) Portland

31.) Boston
32.) Houston
33.) FCKC
34.) Seattle
35.) Orlando
36.) Boston (from Chicago)
37.) Sky Blue
38.) Chicago (from WNY)
39.) Chicago (from Washington)
40.) Portland


9 draft picks for Boston
Lots of international slots for Boston
Kristie Mewis
Whitney Engen
Kassey Kallman
Christen Westphal
Julie King
Abby Smith (GK)

Trade Ideas:
Kyah Simon to Orlando for Sam Witteman (continue to build up the youth in Boston)
Sinead Farrelly and #26 pick to WNY for #18 pick

McKenzie Meehan:
Will probably be drafted anywhere between #11 - #14 in this scenario above

What would it take for Boston to acquire Sam Mewis in a trade?:
Probably the #1 overall pick. Which Boston should not trade.
WNY is not going to want to give up Sam Mewis on the cheap, just so she can play with her sister.
A package including the #13 pick, #14 pick, Whitney Engen, and an international slot, may get it done.
But that would be giving up quite a bit, in a 4-for-1 deal, in giving up 4 quality assets for Mewis.