NWSL College Draft
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The NWSL College Draft is the annual event where National Women's Soccer League teams select eligible collegiate players to join the professional league.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NWSL College Draft canonical | 5 |
| NWSL Draft | 2 |
| National Women's Soccer League College Draft | 2 |
| 2013 NWSL College Draft | 1 |
| 2014 NWSL College Draft | 1 |
| 2017 NWSL College Draft | 1 |
| 2020 NWSL College Draft | 1 |
| NWSL Entry Draft | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10748373 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: NWSL College Draft Context triple: [Naomi Girma, draftLeague, NWSL College Draft]
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A.
2022 NWSL season
The 2022 NWSL season was a professional women’s soccer campaign in the United States featuring the National Women’s Soccer League’s regular season and playoffs to determine the league champion.
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B.
2021 NWSL season
The 2021 NWSL season was the ninth campaign of the National Women's Soccer League, featuring professional women's soccer clubs from across the United States competing in regular-season and playoff competition.
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C.
NWSL Challenge Cup
The NWSL Challenge Cup is a professional women's soccer tournament in the United States featuring clubs from the National Women's Soccer League in a league-run cup competition format.
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D.
2020 NWSL season
The 2020 NWSL season was the National Women's Soccer League campaign heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the creation of the NWSL Challenge Cup as a replacement for a traditional regular season.
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E.
National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League is the top professional women's soccer league in the United States, featuring elite clubs and many of the country's and world's best players.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NWSL College Draft Target entity description: The NWSL College Draft is the annual event where National Women's Soccer League teams select eligible collegiate players to join the professional league.
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A.
2022 NWSL season
The 2022 NWSL season was a professional women’s soccer campaign in the United States featuring the National Women’s Soccer League’s regular season and playoffs to determine the league champion.
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B.
2021 NWSL season
The 2021 NWSL season was the ninth campaign of the National Women's Soccer League, featuring professional women's soccer clubs from across the United States competing in regular-season and playoff competition.
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C.
NWSL Challenge Cup
The NWSL Challenge Cup is a professional women's soccer tournament in the United States featuring clubs from the National Women's Soccer League in a league-run cup competition format.
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D.
2020 NWSL season
The 2020 NWSL season was the National Women's Soccer League campaign heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the creation of the NWSL Challenge Cup as a replacement for a traditional regular season.
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E.
National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League is the top professional women's soccer league in the United States, featuring elite clubs and many of the country's and world's best players.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Women's Soccer League event
ⓘ
annual event ⓘ sports draft ⓘ |
| allows |
selection of domestic players
ⓘ
selection of some international college players ⓘ trading of draft picks ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
NWSL Draft
ⓘ
linked to:
NWSL College Draft
National Women's Soccer League College Draft ⓘ
linked to:
NWSL College Draft
|
| broadcastOn | NWSL media partners ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| draftOrderDeterminedBy |
previous season standings
ⓘ
trades between teams ⓘ |
| eligibility |
NCAA college players
ⓘ
players who have exhausted college eligibility or declared early ⓘ |
| eligibilityRequirement | registration with NWSL ⓘ |
| firstEdition |
2013 NWSL College Draft
ⓘ
linked to:
NWSL College Draft
|
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| governingBody |
U.S. Soccer Federation
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Soccer Federation
|
| hasFormat |
live draft event
ⓘ
round-by-round selections ⓘ |
| inception | 2013 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| league | National Women's Soccer League ⓘ |
| notableFor | transitioning U.S. college players to professional women's soccer ⓘ |
| organizer | National Women's Soccer League ⓘ |
| participant |
NWSL teams
ⓘ
college soccer players ⓘ eligible collegiate players ⓘ |
| partOf | NWSL player acquisition mechanisms ⓘ |
| purpose |
player allocation mechanism
ⓘ
to allow NWSL teams to select eligible collegiate players ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
NCAA Division I women's soccer
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Division I women’s soccer
NWSL Entry Draft ⓘ
linked to:
NWSL College Draft
NWSL Expansion Draft ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
draft order
ⓘ
multiple rounds ⓘ teams pick in a predetermined sequence ⓘ |
| sport |
association football
ⓘ
soccer ⓘ |
| typicalDate | January ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NWSL expansion teams
ⓘ
existing NWSL clubs ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nwslsoccer.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: NWSL College Draft Description of subject: The NWSL College Draft is the annual event where National Women's Soccer League teams select eligible collegiate players to join the professional league.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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