Perry Kitchen, Darlington Nagbe and DeAndre Yedlin are among 40 players selected.

Former University of Akron men's soccer players Perry Kitchen, Darlington Nagbe and DeAndre Yedlin are among 40 players on the United States men's national team preliminary roster for next month's Copa America Centenario.

The Copa America Centenario is a 16-nation tournament that will be held in the U.S. It involves six teams from CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean federation) and 10 from CONMEBOL (South America federation).

Kitchen plays with Hearts of Midlothian in the Scottish Premier League. Nagbe is with the defending Major League Soccer champion Portland Timbers. Yedlin plays with Sunderland in the English Premier League.

The U.S. roster also includes Columbus Crew forward Ethan Finley.

The U.S. will begin training May 16 and play three matches ahead of their opener against Colombia on June 3 in Santa Clara, Calif. The final 23-man roster will be determined by May 20.