Editing 1997 MLS expansion draft (section)

===MetroStars===
{| class="wikitable"
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Exposed
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Protected
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|[[Brian Bliss]] (D)||[[Shaun Bartlett]] (F)
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|[[Braeden Cloutier]] (M)||[[Antony de Ávila]] (F)
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|[[Cristian da Silva]] (D)||[[Rhett Harty]] (D)
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|[[Matt Knowles (soccer)|Matt Knowles]] (D)||[[Miles Joseph]] (F)
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|[[Manny Lagos]] (M)||[[Brian Kelly (U.S. soccer player)|Brian Kelly]] (M)
|-
|[[Andrew Lewis (soccer)|Andrew Lewis]] (D)||[[Tony Meola]] (GK)
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|[[Joao Luiz Ferreira Baptista|Joao Luiz]] (D)||[[Tab Ramos]] (M)
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|[[Zach Thornton]] (GK)||[[Giovanni Savarese]] (F)
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|[[Jeff Zaun]] (D)||[[Mark Semioli]] (D)
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|[[Kerry Zavagnin]] (D)||[[Mike Sorber]] (M)
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|||[[Carlos Parra (soccer, born 1977)|Carlos Parra]] (M)
|}
*Withdrew [[Brian Bliss]] upon selection of [[Manny Lagos]] (5)
*Withdrew [[Jeff Zaun]] upon selection of [[Zach Thornton]] (11)
*Reached maximum upon selection of [[Andrew Lewis (soccer)|Andrew Lewis]] (17)