Beckerman, Rimando named to U.S.'s preliminary 40-man Copa America roster

Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando are part of a select group of American players (read: 40 of them) called up to a preliminary roster for the U.S.'s involvement in the 2016 Copa America — and that group is set to be whittled down to 23 by May 20.

The U.S. training camp opens on May 16, and Beckerman and Rimando are likely to miss Real Salt Lake's away match in Kansas City on May 21. If they make the final cut (which, let's face it, they probably will), they'll be involved in matches against Puerto Rico (May 22), Ecuador (May 25) and Bolivia (May 28) before the tournament's start.

If the U.S. makes the final and both players make the final roster cut, both players could miss six matches, with the final on June 26.

U.S. preliminary roster, via U.S. Soccer

GOALKEEPERS (5): David Bingham (San Jose Earthquakes), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Ethan Horvath (Molde), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS (15): Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas), Ventura Alvarado (Club America), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Steve Birnbaum (D.C. United), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Edgar Castillo (Monterrey), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca), Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest), Matt Miazga (Chelsea FC), Michael Orozco (Club Tijuana), Tim Ream (Fulham), DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland)

MIDFIELDERS (12): Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (FC Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Jermaine Jones (Colorado Rapids), Perry Kitchen (Heart of Midlothian), Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers), Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution), Danny Williams (Reading FC), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

FORWARDS (8): Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Ethan Finlay (Columbus Crew), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund),Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Bobby Wood (Union Berlin), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)