CHICAGO (May 21, 2016) – 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.