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Real Salt Lake MF Kyle Beckerman Named to USMNT 23-Man Roster for the 2016 Copa America Centenario

May 21, 2016 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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CHICAGO - Real Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman has been named to the 23-man roster by U.S. Men's National Team Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann for the historic 2016 Copa America Centenario. The roster includes 15 players from the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad, and a total of 18 who have already appeared in qualifying for Russia 2018.

Beckerman, 34, is Major League Soccer's all-time leader in games played by a field player with 388 appearances, 240 of which have come since he joined Real Salt Lake in 2007. This season, he has nine starts, captaining RSL to a 5-3-2 record entering Saturday's match against rival Sporting Kansas City.

This will be Beckerman's second Copa America after he previously played in the tournament in 2007, entering as a substitute in a 4-1 loss to Argentina and playing the full 90 minutes in a 1-0 loss to Colombia. With one cap this year, Beckerman now has 52 career caps for the U.S. National Team, including three in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The MNT opens the tournament facing fourth-ranked Colombia on June 3 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Four days later, the U.S. takes on regional rival Costa Rica in Chicago at Soldier Field. The team completes group A play against Paraguay on June 11 in Philadelphia. All of the USA matches will be broadcast live on FS1, UniMas and UDN.

The U.S. will play three warm-up games heading into the Copa America Centenario in June, beginning with its first meeting against Puerto Rico on May 22 in Bayamon (10 am MT; FS1, UniMas). Following the trip to Puerto Rico, the USA will face Ecuador on May 25 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas (6 pm MT; ESPN2 and UniMas) and Bolivia on May 28 at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas (6 pm MT; FS1 and FIFAUnivision networks).

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