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Jurgen Klinsmann unveiled his 35-man roster for the inaugural CONCACAF Cup against arch rival Mexico Tuesday morning.

And Real Salt Lake's Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando are on it.

The U.S. men's national team and Mexican football federation were required to submit their 35-man preliminary rosters for the Oct. 10 one-game playoff between the two regional rivals at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The winner determines which CONCACAF representative qualifies for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

The USMNT won the 2013 Gold Cup tournament, while Mexico won this summer's tournament. The two federations must slice down its roster to the typical 23-man availability by Oct. 1. Beckerman and Rimando, who have been regulars in the USMNT selection pool under Klinsmann, are two of 18 MLS players part of the 35-man provisional roster.

Beckerman, RSL's 33-year-old captain, said anytime the USMNT calls, "you've got to go."

"It's going to be an absolute crazy game out there in L.A.," he said on Sept. 9. "Of course you want to be a part of that if you can, so I'll be ready. It should be exciting if I do get called in."

Both Beckerman and Rimando were deemed injury scratches by Klinsmann prior to back-to-back friendlies against Peru and Brazil earlier this month. Both haven't missed a match for RSL since. Rimando said two weeks ago that he's still nursing a knee injury suffered while at the Gold Cup.

"Just being safe and I think there's a bigger game in October," he said, referring to the CONCACAF Cup.

USMNT provisional roster for Oct. 10 CONCACAF Cup:

Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa/England); Bill Hamid (D.C. United/USA); Tim Howard (Everton/England); Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake/USA)

Defenders: Ventura Alvarado (Club America/Mexico); DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo/USA); Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City/USA); John Brooks (Hertha Berlin/Germany); Geoff Cameron (Stoke City/England); Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC/USA); Greg Garza (Atlas/Mexico); Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy/USA); Michael Orozco (Club Tijuana/Mexico); Tim Ream (Fulham/England); Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City/England); DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland/England)

 Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake/USA); Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes/France); Michael Bradley (Toronto FC/Canada); Joe Corona (Veracruz/Mexico); Mix Diskerud (New York City FC/USA); Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach/Germany); Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution/USA); Alfredo Morales (FC Ingolstadt/Germany); Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution/USA); Danny Williams (Reading/England); Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy/USA); Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City/USA)

 Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC/Canada); Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC/USA); Alan Gordon (LA Galaxy/USA); Aron Johansson (Werder Bremen/Germany); Jordan Morris (Stanford University/USA); Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes/USA); Bobby Wood (Union Berlin/Germany)

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Craig Waibel looked on Saturday at BBVA Compass Stadium as his new club topped his old club. And he exhaled. RSL's general manager said 75 minutes of the 90 in RSL's 3-1 win in Houston was the performance he's been looking for. It was RSL's first road result in over four months, snapping the longest road losing streak since the club's inception in 2005.

"It's nice, it feels good, we need about five more out of the next six games to feel really good," he told the Tribune.

Waibel said RSL's combination play was impressive, as was the movement and interchanging in the midfield and final third. He pointed out how two of RSL's three goals came from crashing the net as Javier Morales and Devon Sandoval buried free chances in the box.

"Those are some intangibles that come back to commitment and things that I don't think we've seen in its entirety the full season," he said. "It was a really good performance … But there is still room for improvement, and it's naive to think there isn't. It's make-believe to pretend that there's not more room [to improve]."

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A small negative surfaced in Houston, though. Midfielder Luis Silva left the match in the 27th minute with a left calf contusion and did not make the trip to El Salvador for RSL's second CONCACAF Champions League match against Santa Tecla FC. The 26-year-old was acquired by RSL from D.C. United in the deal that sent all-time leading scorer Alvaro Saborio packing in mid-July. Silva started the last four matches for RSL.

Waibel said he doesn't expect the calf injury to be a long-term issue.

"I think we're in a good spot," he said. "I don't believe it was a long-term injury. I think it's a pretty short recovery on that."

Having Silva out on the field either as a wide forward or centrally in RSL's 4-3-3 has helped create and sustain possession in recent weeks, something RSL previously lacked for much of the season.

"Luis is again another guy that stepped in and started to combine very well and really fits what we try and embody in a style of play: Combination play, ball on the ground, possession," Waibel said. "It hurts any time a good player gets injured. We've been discovering that far too often, but hopefully his recovery is quick and obviously a player we want on the field for us. That's why we went out and got him."

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Where does Chris Schuler fit into future plans at RSL? The 28-year-old center back is out 4-to-6 months after suffering a navicular fracture in his left foot. Schuler underwent successful surgery two weeks ago. In his six seasons at RSL, the Chicago area native has been snake-bitten by injury, having just one healthy season in 2011.

He has 80 total league appearances with RSL, 72 of which are starts.

"Chris has an injury right now that he's not had before, so we've got to evaluate it single-handedly," Waibel said. "Obviously we take into consideration everything he's been through, but losing Chris is a really difficult task for us as a staff and on our roster. We were relying on Chris at the beginning of the year to really be the rock in the back and unfortunately physically that hasn't happened this year.

"I'll evaluate it a little bit more as we go. His surgery was successful, we're looking at the recovery length, where he is mentally, physically in the next month or two and then start to play into that next conversation."

Some RSL fans have asked if Schuler's lengthening history of injury would lead to him contemplating hanging up the boots at an early age. Waibel said he hasn't discussed the topic with Schuler.

"I haven't heard anything from him that leads me to believe that," Waibel said. "I'm not saying it's not possible, but I haven't had that conversation with him up to this point where he's expressed anything other than an interest in returning."

-Chris Kamrani

Twitter: @chriskamrani