Editing 1997 MLS expansion draft (section)

===Los Angeles Galaxy===
{| class="wikitable"
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Exposed
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Protected
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|[[Paul Caligiuri]] (D)||[[Chris Armas]] (M)
|-
|[[Ezra Hendrickson]] (D)||[[Dan Calichman]] (D)
|-
|[[Kevin Hartman]] (GK)||[[Jorge Campos]] (GK)
|-
|[[Guillermo Jara]] (F)||[[Mauricio Cienfuegos]] (M)
|-
|[[Steve Jolley]] (M)||[[Robin Fraser]] (D)
|-
|[[Harut Karapetyan]] (F)||[[Eduardo Hurtado]] (F)
|-
|[[Peter Lak]] (D)||[[Cobi Jones]] (M)
|-
|[[Gerardo Laterza]] (M)||[[Martín Machón]] (M)
|-
|[[Danny Pena]] (D)||[[Greg Vanney]] (M)
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|[[Bryan Taylor (soccer)|Bryan Taylor]] (F)||[[Wélton Araújo Melo|Welton]] (F)
|-
|[[Jose Vasquez (soccer)|Jose Vasquez]] (D)||[[Jose Botello]] (F)
|}
*Withdrew [[Harut Karapetyan]] upon selection of [[Danny Pena]] (1)
*Withdrew [[Steve Jolley]] upon selection of [[Kevin Hartman]] (3)
*Reached maximum upon selection of [[Bryan Taylor (soccer)|Bryan Taylor]] (24)