Editing 1997 MLS expansion draft

{{Short description|Player draft for MLS teams}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name             = 1997 MLS Expansion Draft
| date             = November 6, 1997
| expansion_teams  = [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]]<br>[[Miami Fusion F.C.]]
| expansion_season = [[1998 Major League Soccer season|1998]]
| prev             = 
| next             = [[2004 MLS Expansion Draft|2004]]
}}
The '''1997 MLS Expansion Draft''' was held November 6, 1997. Two teams participated, the [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] and [[Miami Fusion F.C.]], both expansion [[Major League Soccer]] clubs starting play in the 1998 season.

==Format==
Each team in the league made ten players, including at least one foreign player, available for the Fire and Fusion to select.  From this pool of available players, the two teams then selected twelve players.  Although [[Paul Caligiuri]] of the [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] was listed as exposed, he had recently won a lawsuit against the league which forced the league to place him with the Galaxy as his original contract with the league had stipulated.  Consequently, he was not available for selection.  The Fire won the first selection through a coin toss.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/25/sports/plus-soccer-rose-bowl-for-mls.html SOCCER; Rose Bowl for M.L.S.]</ref>  The draft was held via conference call.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/11/06/expansion-draft-unlikely-to-give-fire-much-fuel/ Expansion Draft Unlikely To Give Fire Much Fuel]</ref>

==Expansion Draft==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="width:5%" | Pick
!style="width:18%" | Selecting Team
!style="width:20%" | Player
!style="width:10%" | Position
!style="width:25%" | Previous Team
|-
|1 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Danny Pena]] || D || [[Los Angeles Galaxy]]
|-
|2 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[David Vaudreuil]] || D/M || [[D.C. United]]
|-
|3 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Kevin Hartman]] || GK || [[Los Angeles Galaxy]]
|-
|4 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[John Maessner]] || M || [[D.C. United]]
|-
|5 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Manny Lagos]] || M || [[MetroStars]]
|-
|6 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[Kris Kelderman]] || D/M || [[D.C. United]]
|-
|7 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Jason Farrell]] || M || [[Columbus Crew]]
|-
|8 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[Joey Martinez]] || D || [[Dallas Burn]]
|-
|9 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Jorge Salcedo (soccer)|Jorge Salcedo]] || M || [[Columbus Crew]]
|-
|10 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[Jeff Cassar]] || GK || [[Dallas Burn]]
|-
|11 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Zach Thornton]] || GK || [[MetroStars]]
|-
|12 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[Nelson Vargas]] || M || [[Tampa Bay Mutiny]]
|-
|13 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Francis Okaroh]] || D || [[New England Revolution]]
|-
|14 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[Cle Kooiman]] || D || [[Tampa Bay Mutiny]]
|-
|15 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Diego Gutiérrez (soccer, born 1972)|Diego Gutierrez]] || M || [[Kansas City Wizards]]
|-
|16 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[Ramiro Corrales]] || D || [[San Jose Clash]]
|-
|17 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Andrew Lewis (soccer)|Andrew Lewis]] || D || [[MetroStars]]
|-
|18 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[Matt Kmosko]] || D || [[Colorado Rapids]]
|-
|19 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Brian Bates (soccer)|Brian Bates]] || D || [[Colorado Rapids]]
|-
|20 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[Scott Budnick (soccer)|Scott Budnick]] || GK || [[Tampa Bay Mutiny]]
|-
|21 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[A.J. Wood]] || F || [[Columbus Crew]]
|-
|22 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[Wade Webber]] || D || [[Dallas Burn]]
|-
|23 || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] || [[Steve Patterson (soccer)|Steve Patterson]] || F || [[Colorado Rapids]]
|-
|24 || [[Miami Fusion]] || [[Bryan Taylor (soccer)|Bryan Taylor]] || F || [[Los Angeles Galaxy]]
|}

==Team-by Team breakdown==

===Colorado Rapids===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
|-
|[[Rafael Amaya (soccer)|Rafael Amaya]] (M)||[[Marcelo Balboa]] (D)
|-
|[[Brian Bates (soccer)|Brian Bates]] (D)||[[Paul Bravo]] (M)
|-
|[[Tote Castaneda]] (M)||[[Marcus Hahnemann]] (GK)
|-
|[[Paul Grafer]] (GK)||[[Wolde Harris]] (F)
|-
|[[Sean Henderson]] (M)||[[Chris Henderson]] (M)
|-
|[[Tahj Jakins]] (D)||[[David Patiño]] (M)
|-
|[[Matt Kmosko]] (D)||[[Ross Paule]] (M)
|-
|[[Chris Martinez (soccer)|Chris Martinez]] (D)||[[Adrián Paz]] (F)
|-
|[[Steve Patterson (soccer)|Steve Patterson]] (F)||[[Steve Trittschuh]] (D)
|-
|[[Steve Rammel]] (F)||[[Peter Vermes]] (D)
|-
|||[[Joey DiGiamarino]] (M)
|}
*Withdrew [[Sean Henderson]] upon selection of [[Matt Kmosko]](18)
*Withdrew [[Paul Grafer]] upon selection of [[Brian Bates (soccer)|Brian Bates]] (19)
*Reached maximum upon selection of [[Steve Patterson (soccer)|Steve Patterson]] (23)

===Columbus Crew===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
|-
|[[Marcelo Carrera]] (F)||[[Thomas Dooley]] (D/M)
|-
|[[Mike Clark (soccer)|Mike Clark]] (D)||[[Ansil Elcock]] (D/M)
|-
|[[Jason Farrell]] (M)||[[Brad Friedel]] (GK)
|-
|[[Janusz Michallik]] (D)||[[Doctor Khumalo]] (M)
|-
|[[Sergio Miguez]] (D)||[[Frank Klopas]] (F)
|-
|[[Jorge Salcedo (soccer)|Jorge Salcedo]] (M)||[[Mike Lapper]] (D/M)
|-
|[[Rob Smith (soccer)|Rob Smith]] (M)||[[Brian Maisonneuve]] (M)
|-
|[[Billy Thompson (soccer, born 1968)|Billy Thompson]] (F)||[[Brian McBride]] (F)
|-
|[[A.J. Wood]] (F)||[[Robert Warzycha]] (M)
|-
|[[David Winner (soccer)|David Winner]] (GK)||[[Todd Yeagley]] (D/M)
|-
||||[[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)

===D.C. United===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
|-
|[[Scott Garlick]] (GK)||[[Jeff Agoos]] (D)
|-
|[[Ben Iroha]] (D/M)||[[Raúl Díaz Arce]] (F)
|-
|[[Brian Kamler]] (M)||[[Marco Etcheverry]] (F)
|-
|[[Kris Kelderman]] (D)||[[Mario Gori]] (D)
|-
|[[Jesse Marsch]] (M)||[[John Harkes]] (M)
|-
|[[Clint Peay]] (D)||[[Carlos Llamosa]] (D)
|-
|[[John Maessner]] (M)||[[Jaime Moreno (footballer, born 1974)|Jaime Moreno]] (F)
|-
|[[Tom Presthus]] (GK)||[[Eddie Pope]] (D)
|-
|[[Mark Simpson (soccer)|Mark Simpson]] (GK)||[[Tony Sanneh]] (M)
|-
|[[David Vaudreuil]] (D)||[[Richie Williams]] (M)
|-
|[[Roy Wegerle]] (F)||
|}
*Withdrew [[Scott Garlick]] upon selection of [[David Vaudreuil]] (2)
*Withdrew [[Roy Wegerle]] upon selection of [[John Maessner]] (4)
*Reached maximum upon selection of [[Kris Kelderman]] (6)

===Dallas Burn===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
|-
|[[Jeff Cassar]] (GK)||[[Damián Álvarez Arcos|Damian]] (F)
|-
|[[Eric Dade]] (D)||[[Mark Dodd]] (GK)
|-
|[[Richard Farrer]] (F)||[[Ted Eck]] (M/F)
|-
|[[Jorge Flores (footballer born 1977)|Jorge Flores]] (M)||[[Gerell Elliott]] (M/F)
|-
|[[Brian Haynes (soccer)|Brian Haynes]] (F)||[[Jason Kreis]] (M)
|-
|[[Garth Lagerwey]] (GK)||[[Brandon Pollard]] (D)
|-
|[[Joey Martinez]] (D)||[[Jorge Rodríguez (footballer, born 1971)|Jorge Rodríguez]] (D)
|-
|[[Daniel Peinado]] (M)||[[Mark Santel]] (D/M)
|-
|[[Tom Soehn]] (D)||[[Alain Sutter]] (M)
|-
|[[Temoc Suarez]] (F)||[[Dante Washington]] (F)
|-
|[[Wade Webber]] (D)||[[Juan Sastoque]] (F)
|}
*Withdrew [[Eric Dade]] upon selection of [[Joey Martinez]] (8)
*Withdrew [[Temoc Suarez]] upon selection of [[Jeff Cassar]] (10)
*Reached maximum upon selection of [[Wade Webber]] (22)

===Kansas City Wizards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
|-
|[[Jake Dancy]] (D)||[[Mike Ammann]] (GK)
|-
|[[John DeBrito]] (F)||[[Sean Bowers]] (D)
|-
|[[Diego Gutiérrez (soccer, born 1972)|Diego Gutierrez]] (D/M)||[[Mark Chung]] (M)
|-
|[[Brian Johnson (soccer)|Brian Johnson]] (M)||[[Mo Johnston]] (M/F)
|-
|[[Steve Pittman]] (D)||[[Pete Marino]] (F)
|-
|[[Edmundo Rodriguez]] (D)||[[Matt McKeon]] (D)
|-
|[[Dionysius Sebwe]] (D)||[[Uche Okafor]] (D)
|-
|[[Chris Snitko]] (GK)||[[Preki]] (M)
|-
|[[Scott Uderitz]] (D)||[[Vitalis Takawira]] (F)
|-
|[[Paul Wright (soccer)|Paul Wright]] (M/F)||[[Ryan Tinsley]] (M)
|-
|||[[Nino Da Silva]] (M)
|}
*Withdrew [[Brian Johnson (soccer)|Brian Johnson]] upon selection of [[Diego Gutiérrez (soccer, born 1972)|Diego Gutierrez]] (15)

===Los Angeles Galaxy===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
|-
|[[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)
|-
|[[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)

===MetroStars===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
|-
|[[Brian Bliss]] (D)||[[Shaun Bartlett]] (F)
|-
|[[Braeden Cloutier]] (M)||[[Antony de Ávila]] (F)
|-
|[[Cristian da Silva]] (D)||[[Rhett Harty]] (D)
|-
|[[Matt Knowles (soccer)|Matt Knowles]] (D)||[[Miles Joseph]] (F)
|-
|[[Manny Lagos]] (M)||[[Brian Kelly (U.S. soccer player)|Brian Kelly]] (M)
|-
|[[Andrew Lewis (soccer)|Andrew Lewis]] (D)||[[Tony Meola]] (GK)
|-
|[[Joao Luiz Ferreira Baptista|Joao Luiz]] (D)||[[Tab Ramos]] (M)
|-
|[[Zach Thornton]] (GK)||[[Giovanni Savarese]] (F)
|-
|[[Jeff Zaun]] (D)||[[Mark Semioli]] (D)
|-
|[[Kerry Zavagnin]] (D)||[[Mike Sorber]] (M)
|-
|||[[Carlos Parra (soccer, born 1977)|Carlos Parra]] (M)
|}
*Withdrew [[Brian Bliss]] upon selection of [[Manny Lagos]] (5)
*Withdrew [[Jeff Zaun]] upon selection of [[Zach Thornton]] (11)
*Reached maximum upon selection of [[Andrew Lewis (soccer)|Andrew Lewis]] (17)

===New England Revolution===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
|-
|[[Jeff Causey]] (GK)||[[Imad Baba]] (M)
|-
|[[Scott Coufal]] (GK)||[[Mike Burns (soccer)|Mike Burns]] (D/M)
|-
|[[Giuseppe Galderisi]] (F)||[[Ted Chronopoulos]] (D/M)
|-
|[[Erik Imler]] (D)||[[Alejandro Farias]] (M)
|-
|[[Rob Jachym]] (F)||[[Paul Keegan (footballer, born 1972)|Paul Keegan]] (F)
|-
|[[John Kerr, Jr. (soccer)|John Kerr]] (M)||[[Alexi Lalas]] (D)
|-
|[[Steve Klein (soccer)|Steve Klein]] (M)||[[Ivan McKinley]] (M)
|-
|[[Alberto Naveda]] (M/F)||[[Joe-Max Moore]] (M)
|-
|[[Francis Okaroh]] (D)||[[Leonardo Squadrone]] (D)
|-
|[[Darren Sawatzky]] (M/F)||[[Walter Zenga]] (GK)
|-
|[[Evans Wise]] (M)||[[Brian Dunseth]] (D)
|}
*Withdrew [[Steve Klein (soccer)|Steve Klein]] upon selection of [[Francis Okaroh]] (13)

===San Jose Clash===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
|-
|[[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)

===Tampa Bay Mutiny===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
|-
|[[Derek Backman]] (M)||[[Mike Duhaney]] (D)
|-
|[[Scott Budnick (soccer)|Scott Budnick]] (GK)||[[Gilmar Antonio Batista|Gilmar]] (M/F)
|-
|[[Chiquinho Conde]] (F)||[[Frankie Hejduk]] (D)
|-
|[[Mark Dougherty (soccer)|Mark Dougherty]] (GK)||[[Roy Lassiter]] (F)
|-
|[[Marco Ferruzzi]] (M)||[[Steve Ralston]] (M)
|-
|[[Adam Frye]] (D)||[[Carlos Valderrama (footballer)|Carlos Valderrama]] (M)
|-
|[[Sam George (soccer)|Sam George]] (M)||[[Martín Vásquez]] (M)
|-
|[[Bill Harte]] (D)||[[Frank Yallop]] (D)
|-
|[[Cle Kooiman]] (D)||[[João Batista (soccer)|Joao Batista]] (M)
|-
|[[Alan Prampin]] (F)||[[Jacek Ziober]] (F)
|-
|[[Musa Shannon]] (M/F)||[[Eric Quill]] (F)
|-
|[[Nelson Vargas]] (M)||
|}
*Withdrew [[Alan Prampin]] upon selection of [[Nelson Vargas]] (12)
*Withdrew [[Sam George (soccer)|Sam George]] upon selection of [[Cle Kooiman]] (14)
*Reached maximum upon selection of [[Scott Budnick (soccer)|Scott Budnick]] (20)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Major League Soccer}}
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