Editing 2004 MLS expansion draft (section)

===San Jose Earthquakes===
{| class="wikitable"
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Exposed
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Protected
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Exempt
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|[[Jeff Agoos]] (D)||[[Eddie Robinson (soccer)|Eddie Robinson]] (D)||[[Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985)|Arturo Alvarez]] (M)
|-
|[[Chris Brown (soccer, born 1977)|Chris Brown]] (F)||[[Ramiro Corrales]] (M)||[[Roger Levesque]] (F)
|-
|[[Jon Conway]] (GK)||[[Ian Russell (soccer)|Ian Russell]] (M)||[[Ryan Cochrane (soccer)|Ryan Cochrane]] (D)
|-
|[[Ronnie Ekelund]] (M)||[[Richard Mulrooney]] (M)||[[Tighe Dombrowski]] (M)
|-
|[[Wes Hart]] (D)||[[Brian Mullan]] (M)|||[[Steve Cronin]] (GK)
|-
|[[Chris Roner]] (D)||[[Landon Donovan]] (F)||
|-
|[[Jamil Walker]] (M)||[[Dwayne De Rosario]] (F)||
|-
|||[[Craig Waibel]] (D)||
|-
|||[[Todd Dunivant]] (D)||
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|||[[Pat Onstad]] (GK)||
|-
|||[[Troy Dayak]] (D)||
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|||[[Brian Ching]] (F)||
|}

*Withdrew [[Jon Conway]] upon selection of [[Chris Brown (soccer, born 1977)|Chris Brown]] (12)
*Withdrew [[Wes Hart]] upon selection of [[Jamil Walker]] (16)