Editing 2004 MLS expansion draft (section)

===Columbus Crew===
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Exposed
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Protected
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Exempt
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|[[Nelson Akwari]] (D)||[[Jon Busch]] (GK)||[[Devin Barclay]] (F)
|-
|[[Eric Denton (soccer)|Eric Denton]] (D)||[[Frankie Hejduk]] (D)||[[Danny Szetela]] (M)
|-
|[[Stephen Herdsman]] (D)||[[Robin Fraser]] (D)||[[Michael Ritch (soccer)|Michael Ritch]] (F)
|-
|[[Matt Jordan]] (GK)||[[Simon Elliott]] (M)||[[Jamal Sutton]] (F)
|-
|[[Manny Lagos]] (M)||[[Duncan Oughton]] (M)||
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|[[Brian Maisonneuve]] (M)||[[Jeff Cunningham]] (F)||
|-
|[[Erick Scott]] (F)||[[Edson Buddle]] (F)||
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|[[David Testo]] (M)||[[Chad Marshall]] (D)||
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|[[Dante Washington]] (F)||[[Ross Paule]] (M)||
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|||[[Chris Wingert]] (D)||
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|||[[Tony Sanneh]] (M)||
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|||[[Kyle Martino]] (M)||
|}

*Withdrew [[David Testo]] upon selection of [[Nelson Akwari]] (10)
*Draft ended upon selection of [[Erick Scott]] (20)