Editing Kyle Beckerman (section)

==International career==
Beckerman represented the United States on multiple levels of competition. He made his first international appearance in 1997 as a member of the U16 national team in a match against France. He made 40 appearances for the U17 national team, starting 36 times and scoring 15 goals.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}} He started all six games in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand, helping the U.S. to a fourth-place finish in the tournament. He also played for the U23 national team in the 2004 Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Mexico.

Beckerman's first appearance for the [[United States men's national soccer team|senior national team]] came January 20, 2007 in a friendly match against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]. He was named to the U.S. roster for the 2007 [[Copa América]] in Venezuela, where he earned two caps: he entered as a reserve against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], then played the full 90 minutes against [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]. In July 2009, he was named to the U.S. roster for the [[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]. He started all six matches for the United States, helping his team to a second-place finish in the tournament. On July 18, 2009, he scored his first international goal in the quarterfinal match against [[Panama national football team|Panama]]. On August 27, 2009, Beckerman was named to the national team roster for two [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] qualifier matches: against [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]] (September 5) and [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad & Tobago]] (September 9). He entered the match against El Salvador as a second-half substitute.

In August 2011, Beckerman re-joined the U.S. at the invitation of new coach [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]. He played all 90 minutes in a friendly match against Mexico (a 1–1 draw) on August 10, and was a halftime substitute in a 1–0 friendly loss against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] on September 6. Since that time, Beckerman has been a regular on the national team.

Throughout July 2013, Beckerman was called up for the [[2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] alongside Real Salt Lake teammates [[Nick Rimando]] and [[Tony Beltran]]. Both Beckerman and Rimando started in five out of six games while Beltran started in only one match in home stadium Rio Tinto Stadium, where the trio played a full 90 minutes in front of their home crowd. Beckerman made three assists throughout the tournament until making to the final. On July 28, 2013, Beckerman played a full 90 minutes with Rimando to help secure the United States' 5th Gold Cup championship against Panama in a 1–0 victory. It was his first Gold Cup title as well as Rimando's and Beltran's. He was also named the game's Most Valuable Player.

On May 22, 2014, Beckerman was named to the final 23-man roster for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] in Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/05/22/16/35/140522-mnt-roster|title=Klinsmann Names USMNT's 23-Player Roster for 2014 FIFA World Cup}}</ref> The tournament was his first-ever World Cup appearance. He started as defensive midfielder in all three matches of the group stage, as the U.S. advanced out of the "[[Group of Death]]". Klinsmann elected to sit Beckerman in the Round of 16 match against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]; the Americans subsequently allowed 18 shots on goal in a 2–1 loss, which eliminated them from the World Cup.