  the 2004 mls expansion draft was held on november 19, 2004 and consisted of 10 rounds. the two new teams, c.d. chivas usa and real salt lake, drafted players from the other 10 major league soccer teams. existing mls teams were allowed to protect 12 players on their senior roster, and players on the developmental roster were exempt from the draft. teams were allowed to leave no more than one senior international player unprotected. after each player was selected, his team was allowed to remove one exposed player from their list. teams were not able to lose more than three players. ==expansion draft== {| class="wikitable" |- !style="width:5%"| pick !style="width:23%"| player !style="width:25%"| mls team !style="width:22%"| previous team !style="width:35%"| college |- |1||arturo torres (m)||c.d. chivas usa||los angeles galaxy||loyola marymount |- |2||andy williams (m)||real salt lake||chicago fire||university of rhode island |- |3||orlando perez (d)||c.d. chivas usa||chicago fire|| |- |4||d.j. countess (gk)||real salt lake||chicago fire||ucla |- |5||ezra hendrickson (d)||c.d. chivas usa||d.c. united||drake university |- |6||pablo brenes (m)||real salt lake||metrostars|| |- |7||francisco gomez (m)||c.d. chivas usa||kansas city wizards|| |- |8||brian kamler (m)||real salt lake||new england revolution||creighton university |- |9||antonio de la torre (d)||c.d. chivas usa||colorado rapids|| |- |10||nelson akwari (d)||real salt lake||columbus crew||ucla |- |11||matt taylor (f)||c.d. chivas usa||kansas city wizards||ucla |- |12||chris brown (m)||real salt lake||san jose earthquakes||university of portland |- |13||craig ziadie (d)||c.d. chivas usa||metrostars||university of richmond |- |14||matt behncke (d)||real salt lake||f.c. dallas||princeton university |- |15||jamil walker (m)||c.d. chivas usa||san jose earthquakes||santa clara university |- |16||rusty pierce (d)||real salt lake||new england revolution||unc-greensboro |- |17||thiago martins (f)||c.d. chivas usa||d.c. united||uc santa barbara |- |18||
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