Lisa De Vanna was the 18th overall selection in the 2008 Women's Professional Soccer International Draft when she was chosen by the Washington Freedom (an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Germantown, Maryland), whom she officially signed with in March 2009 and played for for three years.
She was the 18th overall selection in the 2008 WPS International Draft. In September 2008, De Vanna was selected by Washington Freedom in Women's Professional Soccer. Washington Freedom was an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Germantown, Maryland, that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. She officially signed for the Freedom in late March 2009. Through the next three years, she played for Washington Freedom and its successor magicJack in the WPS as well as Perth Glory, Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets in the W-League in Australia. 
