FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution protected 11 players ahead of the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft on Wednesday, Nov. 23, when league newcomer Montreal Impact will select 10 players in the draft. Current MLS teams can lose no more than one player from their rosters in the draft. Per league rules, the Revolution is required to protect three international players.

Montreal will reveal its 10 selections in the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft on Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET on MLSsoccer.com.

The Revolution’s 11 protected players are:

Kevin Alston

Benny Feilhaber

Shalrie Joseph

Rajko Lekic

Stephen McCarthy

Sainey Nyassi

Matt Reis

Bobby Shuttleworth

A.J. Soares

Chris Tierney

Monsef Zerka

Additionally, Diego Fagundez is also automatically protected because of his Home Grown status and he is unavailable to Montreal.

Overall, 15 Revolution players are among the group of exposed players from which Montreal will select.

The New England players eligible for selection by Montreal are:

Darrius Barnes

Zak Boggs

Milton Caraglio

Ryan Cochrane

Franco Coria

Kheli Dube

Ryan Guy

Ryan Kinne

Alan Koger

Otto Loewy

Kenny Mansally

Tim Murray

Pat Phelan

Zack Schilawski

Andrew Sousa

Each current MLS club protected 11 players from their 2011 roster. Generation adidas players who did not graduate at the end of the 2011 season and Home Grown players are automatically protected and do not count against a team’s 11 protected roster spots. Designated Players with a no trade clause in their contract must be protected by clubs.