Kyle Beckerman

2011: Earned a regular starting spot in the National Team by the end of the year, with a total of six appearances beginning with the 1-1 tie against Mexico on Aug. 10 … Started five of those matches, including the wins against Honduras and Slovenia … 2010: Ended stints at U.S. MNT camps in January and February of 2010 with starts in friendlies against Honduras and El Salvador  … 2009: Reached double-digits in appearances after entering as a substitute against El Salvador in a World Cup Qualifier on Sept. 5 at Rio Tinto Stadium, helping the USA hold on to a 2-1 victory … Played in all six of the USA’s run to the 2009 CONCACAF Gold  Cup final, starting five … Scored his first goal at the senior international level on July 18, 2009, against Panama in the quarterfinal round, his 49^th minute equalizer helping the USA advance in a 2-1 extra time win in Philadelphia … 2007: Earned first three of his career appearances in debuting with a substitute appearance on Jan. 20 against Denmark … Also earned caps for the USA in the Copa America tournament in Venezuela, playing the final 11 minutes of a 3-1 loss against Argentina … Played the full 90 minutes in a 1-0 defeat to Colombia … Under-23s: Played with the U.S. U-23 National Team in the 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Mexico … Under-17s: Finished U.S. U-17 career with 40 caps and 15 goals … Started 36 of his 40 full international appearances for the U-17s … Ranked second in scoring (10 goals, six assists) for the U-17’s in full international competition during 1999, finishing one point behind teammate Landon Donovan … Started all six games of the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand, where the U.S. eventually finished fourth after reaching the semifinals of the tournament for the first time in history … Scored a historic game-winning goal against Argentina on Feb. 5, 1998, in Buenos Aires, making the U-17s the first U.S. National Team to win in Buenos Aires in 86 years …Under-16s: Made international debut with the U-16 National Team on May 20, 1997, against France. First Appearance: Jan. 20, 2007, vs. Denmark … First Goal: July 18, 2009, vs. Panama

2011: Added a career-high nine assists in his 29 appearances for Real Salt Lake, also scoring three goals … Recorded two-assist games against Toronto FC on June 25 and the New York Red Bulls on August 6 … Scored the game-winner in RSL’s season opener against the San Jose Earthquakes on March 19 … 2010: Scored three goals and added three assists in his 30 appearances in all competitions … Voted to the MLS All-Star First XI, his fourth consecutive All-Star nod … Suffered a strained left foot that prevented him from appearing in eight matches … 2009: Was in the starting lineup in each of the 25 matches he played with Real Salt Lake, scoring three goals and adding two assists … Captained RSL to its first MLS Cup title … Earned his third MLS All-Star recognition in as many years, this time on the active roster … Accumulated 55 consecutive starts …2008: Started all of his 38 matches for Real Salt Lake in all competitions, including the team’s first-ever postseason run … Got an MLS All-Star nod for the second consecutive year … Had his first two-goal games against D.C. on April 12 and against San Jose on April 30 … Wore the captain’s armband in the third league match, on April 12 against D.C., and every game after that ... 2007: Closed out the year with 28 total appearances, 15 with RSL … Chosen as an MLS inactive All-Star … Made his regular season debut against the New England Revolution on July 28 and drew the penalty for Real Salt Lake’s only goal in the 2-1 loss … Debuted as a starter for RSL in a friendly against Everton FC on July 21 … Joined Real Salt Lake on July 16 … Played 13 games for the Rapids, all starts, adding a goal and two assists in the first half of the season … 2006: Recorded career highs for games played (31), games started (31), goals scored (7) and minutes played (2790) … Was the Rapids’ top away goal scorer, with five of the seven coming on the road … 2005: Ended the year with 33 games in all competitions, tallying one goal and four assists … Scored his only goal of the season against the LA Galaxy on Sept. 10 … In his first game in 2005, played the full 90 minutes and added an assist against Kansas City … 2004: Finished the season with 25 starts in 29 games … Added one goal and two
assists … Scored his first goal for the Rapids against Kansas City in the 3-1 win on Sept. 10 … 2003: Became a regular starter for the Rapids, coming on as a substitute only four times in 28 games played … Notched a career-high five assists, including two in consecutive matches … 2002: Closed out his first season with the Rapids with a career-high 14 appearances and five starts … Tallied his first professional assist in the 5-2 win against the New England Revolution on May 22 … Selected 11^th overall by the Colorado Rapids in the MLS Dispersion Draft … 2001: Only appearance with the Fusion in 2001 was against the Kansas City Wizards on April 18 … Suffered a broken leg that kept him out for most of the season … 2000: Scored his first goal and earned his first start in the same game, the 6-2 win against DC United on Sept. 9 … Made his professional debut on July 15 in a 3-0 loss against the Dallas Burn … Joined the Miami Fusion on June 29 … Signed with MLS on June 27 as part of Nike and MLS’s Project-40 program.

Trained at FC Kaiserslautern in the 2011 offseason … Began production of his own clothing line, KB5, in 2009 … Enjoys fishing, listening to reggae music, playing guitar, skateboarding and perfecting his ping-pong skills away from the field … Graduated from Maryland’s Arundel High School in May 2000 … Was a state wrestling champion in Maryland as a freshman at DeMatha H.S. … Brother, Todd, wrestled at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln … Full name is Kyle Robert Beckerman.