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Kyle Beckerman News From AOL News

Jamison Olave's Defender of the Year Award a Tribute to Salt Lake's Philosophy

By Jeffrey KingNov 5th 2010 – 9:21PM

MLS handed out the latest in its protracted string of end--of-season awards on Friday, honoring Real Salt Lake's imposing Jamison Olave as the 2010 defender of the year. The announcement should come as no surprise to anyone who's followed Salt Lake's stellar defensive effort this year, or anyone who simply takes a look...

US Outlasts Panama in Gold Cup

By Michael CardilloJul 18th 2009 – 10:50PM

For the second straight match in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the U.S. national team is breathing a major sigh of relief. Trailing by a goal at the half, the U.S. rallied for a 2-1 win over Panama Saturday night in Philadelphia in extra time to advance to the semifinals. A week after needing a stoppage-time cracker from...

Kyle Beckerman News From the Web

  • 05/18/12 Real Salt Lake begins stretch without Rimando,... Source: The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City UT Real Salt Lake began a potentially extended stretch of its season this week without goalie Nick Rimando and midfielder Kyle Beckerman.
  • 05/16/12 Real Salt Lake: RSL begins stretch without Rimando,... Source: The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City UT Real Salt Lake began a potentially extended stretch of its season Wednesday without goalie Nick Rimando and midfielder Kyle Beckerman.
  • 05/15/12 Beckerman, Rimando joining National Team in Florida Source: ABC - KTVX 4 - Salt Lake City UT A pair of iconic Real Salt Lake leaders, Captain Kyle Beckerman and GK Nick Rimando, were invited today by United States Men's National Team manager Jurgen Klinsmann to join the upcoming USMNT camp, the dynamic duo – teammates dating back to their Miami Fusion days more than a dozen years ago – part of an initial squad of 16 players that will begin reporting today to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla. Beckerman and Rimando are part of a U.S. Men's National Team group which consists largely of foreign-based players who have completed their seasons and are ready to prepare for the series of matches that culminate in the start of FIFA World Cup qualifying on Friday, June 8 against Antigua & Barbuda in Tampa, Fla. As many as 13 additions will be announced May 20 and will be a mixture of domestic and foreign-based players to round out the training camp.
  • 05/15/12 RSL: Rimando and Beckerman invied to national team camp Source: The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City UT Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando and midfielder Kyle Beckerman will join the U.S. Men's National Team camp in Orlando, Fla., to begin training for a slate of five games, including a FIFA World Cup qualifying match on June 8.
  • 05/10/12 Furlough day questionnaire (Thursday links) Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA Today marks one of my previously scheduled furlough days , and it happens to fall on a Sounders' travel day, so there shouldn't be much news.

Background on Kyle Beckerman

Kyle Robert Beckerman (born April 23, 1982 in Crofton, Maryland) is an American football player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer and the United States national team.

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