Editing 1997 MLS expansion draft (section)

===San Jose Clash===
{| class="wikitable"
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Exposed
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Protected
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|[[Ramiro Corrales]] (D)||[[Jeff Baicher]] (F)
|-
|[[Milton Antonio Nunez|Zico]] (M)||[[Ronald Cerritos]] (M/F)
|-
|[[Oscar Draguicevich]] (D)||[[Curt Onalfo]] (D)
|-
|[[Dominic Kinnear]] (M)||[[John Doyle (soccer, born 1966)|John Doyle]] (D)
|-
|[[Tim Martin (soccer)|Tim Martin]] (D)||[[Michael Emenalo]] (D)
|-
|[[Shawn Medved]] (M)||[[David Kramer (soccer)|David Kramer]] (GK)
|-
|[[Michael Emenalo]] (D)||[[Eddie Lewis (American soccer)|Eddie Lewis]] (M)
|-
|[[Dave Salzwedel]] (GK)||[[Lawrence Lozzano]] (F)
|-
|[[Christopher Sullivan (soccer, born 1965)|Christopher Sullivan]] (M/F)||[[Eric Wynalda]] (F)
|-
|[[István Urbányi]] (M)||[[Troy Dayak]] (D)
|-
|||[[Esmundo Rodriguez]] (M)
|}
*Withdrew [[Shawn Medved]] upon selection of [[Ramiro Corrales]] (16)