Editing 1997 MLS expansion draft (section)

===Columbus Crew===
{| class="wikitable"
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Exposed
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Protected
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|[[Marcelo Carrera]] (F)||[[Thomas Dooley]] (D/M)
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|[[Mike Clark (soccer)|Mike Clark]] (D)||[[Ansil Elcock]] (D/M)
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|[[Jason Farrell]] (M)||[[Brad Friedel]] (GK)
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|[[Janusz Michallik]] (D)||[[Doctor Khumalo]] (M)
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|[[Sergio Miguez]] (D)||[[Frank Klopas]] (F)
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|[[Jorge Salcedo (soccer)|Jorge Salcedo]] (M)||[[Mike Lapper]] (D/M)
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|[[Rob Smith (soccer)|Rob Smith]] (M)||[[Brian Maisonneuve]] (M)
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|[[Billy Thompson (soccer, born 1968)|Billy Thompson]] (F)||[[Brian McBride]] (F)
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|[[A.J. Wood]] (F)||[[Robert Warzycha]] (M)
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|[[David Winner (soccer)|David Winner]] (GK)||[[Todd Yeagley]] (D/M)
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||||[[Ubusuku Abukusumo]] (D/M)
|}
*Withdrew [[Billy Thompson (soccer, born 1968)|Billy Thompson]] upon selection of [[Jason Farrell]](7)
*Withdrew [[Mike Clark (soccer)|Mike Clark]] upon selection of [[Jorge Salcedo (soccer)|Jorge Salcedo]] (9)
*Reached maximum upon selection of [[A.J. Wood]] (21)