[3] The players were packaged into pairs as part of an effort to help them adapt to life in America.
[5] A supplemental college draft on February 4, 2001 completed the process before the inaugural season began in April 2001.
[6] In common with Major League Soccer, WUSA had a single-entity ownership structure.
This meant that the league office owned the players' contracts and negotiated all agreements.
[1] Sports Illustrated soccer journalist Grant Wahl described Philadelphia's second round pick of Smith and Fitschen ahead of Sissi and Kátia as "a boneheaded move".