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  Kasey Keller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kasey Keller (born November 29, 1969 in Olympia, Washington) is an American football (soccer) goalkeeper, four time World Cup participant and one of the first American goalkeepers to become a starter in the English FA Premier League.
Kasey was named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 1997 and 1999.
Keller crowned the US's run in the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament with a shutout in the final match against Panama and two saves in the penalty shootout to give the side the trophy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kasey_Keller   (617 words)

  
 Keller can't resist when US calls - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Soccer - Sports
Keller, who'd started most of the qualifying matches, might have gotten the nod but for an elbow injury during the week before the opener.
Keller could have popped off, as several of his non-playing teammates did after the three-and-out bust in 1998, but chose to hold his tongue.
Keller returned in 2003, and even before Friedel retired from the squad this year, he was undisputably the man again, as he was with Tottenham Hotspur, where he played every minute for two full seasons before being displaced by last season by Paul Robinson, England's first-choice keeper.
www.boston.com /sports/soccer/articles/2005/07/15/keller_cant_resist_when_us_calls   (799 words)

  
 United States National Soccer Players Association - Kasey Keller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kasey Keller during warmup in the WCQ against Panama on October 13, 2004.
Kasey had a chance to appear on Inside Soccer Radio to give us an inside look at life in the English Premiership and how Clive Charles helped to make him the player he is today.
Kasey had a chance to appear on IS a second time where he talked about all the moves he has made in his career and why Millwall was such a special place to play soccer.
www.ussoccerplayers.com /players/kasey_keller   (1213 words)

  
 VOA News - Goalkeeper Kasey Keller Key to US World Cup Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
And I think as you trace Kasey's history with the U.S. team we have been successful a high percentage of the time when he is in the goal, and he's a winner as well, so he brings a lot to the table," Arena said.
Keller and his family live in a rented 1,000-year-old castle outside the German city of Duesseldorf, complete with a moat and a luxury spa.
Keller's roots are in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
www.voanews.com /english/2006-05-30-voa72.cfm   (1063 words)

  
 ESPN.com - SOCCER - Spurs want No. 2 keeper back for crucial matches
Keller said Hoddle informed him on Friday that he would not be released for the Ecuador match in order that he would be available for a March 6 league fixture against Manchester United and an FA Cup quarterfinal clash with Chelsea on March 10.
Keller says he and Hoddle have discussed the goalkeeping situation and Keller said he believed the issue was settled about being released for both U.S. matches.
Keller said Arena had indicated that he would be in the first team when the U.S. plays Germany in a March 27 friendly in Rostock.
espn.go.com /soccer/news/2002/0226/1340786.html   (658 words)

  
 Kasey Keller: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kasey Keller (born November 29, EHandler: no quick summary.
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On January 15 2005 Keller joined German[Click link for more facts about this topic] Bundesliga[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] side Borussia Mönchengladbach[For more, click on this link] on a free transfer.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kasey_keller.htm   (1344 words)

  
 MLSnet.com -- The Official Site of Major League Soccer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Keller, who is battling with Brad Friedel for the regular keeper's slot in the U.S. side, hurt his left elbow during training on Wednesday.
He signalled Keller was still in the running for a place, elbow permitting, and that he could play Friedel as well during the tournament.
Keller played in two of the three United States matches at the last World Cup in France in 1998 with Friedel, a premier league rival at Blackburn Rovers, appearing in the third.
www.mlsnet.com /content/02/datastore/wc0529keller.html   (375 words)

  
 NEWS - SPORTS - Comcast.net
Keller's performance in the Americans' 1-0 win over Brazil in 1998 prompted Romario to say it was the greatest performance he had ever seen by a goalkeeper.
Keller believes they should build a reputation first in the second division, a smaller European league or hone their skills at a small club in Europe's big four leagues.
Keller said his own adjustment to Europe was smooth after he came out of the University of Portland.
www.comcast.net /news/sports/index.jsp?cat=SPORTS&fn=/2005/12/19/286689.html   (636 words)

  
 NewStandard: 11/1/96
Keller and Brad Friedel have alternated as the starter in international tournaments the past two years basically without regard to performance.
Also working in Keller's favor was that he has been playing regularly for the past two months in one of the world's best professional leagues, while Friedel has been inactive since Oct. 2, when his Major League Soccer club, the Columbus Crew, was eliminated from the playoffs.
Keller, who played four seasons with Millwall before the club was relegated to the Second Division, has played every minute for Leicester City (4-5-2) thus far.
www.s-t.com /daily/11-96/11-01-96/d06sp014.htm   (535 words)

  
 CNN/SI - In Good Hands
Now that Kasey Keller is in uniform, the Iranis, the Yugoslavs and even the Germans seem a little less threatening.
Keller grew up juggling the more traditional hand-eye sports of baseball, basketball and football until, one by one, he gave them up to concentrate on goalkeeping.
Keller tried to explain the subculture of soccer hooliganism in a sociology paper he wrote as part of his correspondence-course work several years after settling in England.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /features/1998/weekly/980518/goodhands.html   (2094 words)

  
 Keller now vital part of US World Cup assault
United States goalkeeper Kasey Keller is heading for his fourth World Cup finals, although he has seen action only twice in soccer's biggest showcase.
Keller was a reserve for the U.S. in 1990 and, though he was left out of the 1994 team, he played two games in 1998 when the Americans finished last in the 32-nation field.
Keller is under contract at Moenchengladbach until the end of the 2007 season after joining from Tottenham Hotspur during the winter transfer window of 2005.
www.rediff.com /sports/2006/may/25keller.htm   (676 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet England: Kasey Keller
Keller returned to the English game in August 2001 to be Neil Sullivan's understudy at Tottenham Hotspur - but was eager to stress he hadn't joined the club just to sit on the bench and would fight for the number one jersey.
Keller stayed at the Den for four seasons, notching up more than 200 appearances, before Leicester City signed him for £900,000.
Keller had been offered guaranteed first team football with Turkish outfit Besiktas, but opted to return to the Premiership.
www.soccernet.com /england/players/KellerKasey.html   (338 words)

  
 Keller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Keller is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Keller bei Gransee, in the Oberhavel region in Brandenburg
Also, there is a Keller Graduate School of Management.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keller   (285 words)

  
 Sams-Army.com
That being said, Kasey Keller absolutely has to be the starting goalkeeper for the United States when they open World Cup play against Portugal on June 5th.
With no disrespect to Brad, Kasey is a winner, and he has the habit of coming up big when necessary.
Harder still to ignore is Keller's record in his last 15 home games for the U.S.: 11 wins, 4 draws, 1 goal allowed, and 14 shutouts.
www.sams-army.com /index.php?Mlist=content_full&Article_id=22   (766 words)

  
 USATODAY.com Chat Transcript
Kasey Keller: I think the first thing is trying to keep the back four as organized as possible.
Kasey Keller: First of all, politically, don't get confused with the world's perception of us and the media focus in the U.S. Under 10 percent of the U.S. citizens own a passport.
Kasey Keller: A lot of factors come into play to be a star in a league other than your own.
transcripts.usatoday.com /Chats/transcript.aspx?c=224   (3380 words)

  
 Mighty Kasey At Net / U.S. goalie Keller is nearly impenetrable
Kasey Keller doesn't appear to be the superhero type.
After Keller shut down a half- dozen quality chances by Brazilian attackers in the U.S. National team's stunning 1-0 victory over the defending world champions in last February's Gold Cup semifinal match, Romario, Brazil's second all-time leading international scorer, said: ``That was the greatest performance I have ever seen in a goalkeeper.
Keller, who rode the American bench during the '90 World Cup, had to travel abroad to ply his trade, winding up with second-division Milwall of the English League.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/06/09/SP70964.DTL&type=printable   (564 words)

  
 Urban Opinion: Being Kasey Keller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Keller yanked the Cup over his head and even let out an uncharacteristic bellow as he paraded the trophy with his teammates at Giants Stadium after the victory on penalties over Panama.
Keller has had an interesting six months, moving from Spurs to Moenchengladbach, a sort of Boston Celtics of the German Bundesliga, a team with an incredible history of sparkling attacking football and fierce rivalry with Bayern Munich, but who have done nothing but struggle against relegation in recent seasons.
Keller made the adjustment to moving from the Premiership to the Bundesliga with the same calm assurance with which he comes for opposition crosses, and his arrival played a role in keeping the German club afloat in the top German division for another season.
www.ussoccerplayers.com /exclusives/484720.html   (835 words)

  
 SI.com - Writers - Grant Wahl: Keller talks about his return to international play - Friday June 3, 2005 5:11PM
Kasey Keller has 33 shutouts in 67 international matches, the highest total in U.S. soccer history.
Kasey Keller and Brad Friedel figured to continue waging their decade-long seesaw battle for the spot, while Tim Howard's sudden success at Manchester United only added to the intrigue.
Keller gave his take on Costa Rica, the changing U.S. defense, his club status at Borussia Mönchengladbach and his funky new home in Germany: a thousand-year-old castle.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2005/writers/grant_wahl/06/03/keller   (584 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
"Kasey Keller's play in the early part of the second half was the difference in the match,” Arena said.
Keller, who was a few days away from joining RSL before opting to sign on with a German club, took the praise in stride, remaining humble despite some prodding to brag by the media.
Keller's counterpart, Costa Rica goalie Alvaro Mesen, kept his team in the contest in the first half, when the U.S. led 1-0 but easily could have scored three or four goals.
www.sltrib.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2780314   (526 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet - US - Connolly: Gold Cup final recap
After watching Keller stymie a gritty Panamanian side time after time for 90 minutes of regulation and an additional 30 minutes of overtime, it was no surprise to see the 35-year-old goalkeeper produce just a bit more magic at the end of a long afternoon at Giants Stadium.
Keller said that he hadn't been in a shootout since losing (5-4) to Middlesbrough as the goalkeeper for Tottenham in a Carling Cup match back in December 2003.
Keller's heroics were side by side with Davis' clutch execution of his penalty kick to clinch the title.
soccernet.espn.go.com /feature?id=337550&cc=5901   (1566 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Keller settles in as USA's top goalkeeper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Keller's wife, Kristin, found the thousand-year-old castle, which is normally rented out for short-term stays and special events.
Friedel and Keller had played in the qualifying leading up to the 2002 tournament, but after Friedel and Co. upset Portugal 3-2 in their World Cup opener, Arena had little choice but to stay with a winning formula.
Keller has played the majority of the matches since the 2002 World Cup, including the 2003 and 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments as well as 13 of the 14 qualifiers for the 2006 competition.
www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/national/2005-08-31-keller-focus_x.htm   (1191 words)

  
 Profile: Kasey Keller
Keller expected to rejoin Rayo training today, his weekend in doubt after concussion.
Keller breaks finger, his start in Costa Rica qualifier is in jeopardy.
Keller reportedly ready to sign for three years with club in Madrid.
www.soccertimes.com /usteams/roster/men/keller.htm   (1165 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Sports: Gold Cup: Keller still reigns as king of keepers
U.S. goalkeeper and Lacey native Kasey Keller is among the most veteran players on the national team and holds U.S. records for international wins and shutouts.
Keller's 7-year-old twins, Chloe and Cameron, forgave their father for a longish bus ride to school as soon as they saw the view from a bedroom at the top of one of the castle's towers.
Keller has accepted this, and sees it slowly changing with the establishment of the Major League Soccer franchises — one of which, Keller enthusiastically believes, should take residence in Seattle.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002363961_judd07.html?syndication=rss   (1419 words)

  
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But perhaps the most endearing thing about Keller, 35, who grew up on an egg farm in Lacey, Wash., playing basketball, football and baseball alongside soccer, is that, despite being one of the pre-eminent goalkeepers on the planet, he looks like a typical aging American male.
Keller even moaned and groaned a little when he stretched out before a light workout.
Keller remains the United States' top goalkeeper and plans on prolonging his career for a few more campaigns, although he says it's hard for him to imagine himself playing in a World Cup when he's 40.
www.sltrib.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2778996   (637 words)

  
 ESPN.com - SOCCER - Keller in command vs. Costa Rica
Keller, a veteran of nine seasons England, got his first start for the United States this year in the U.S. team's 1-0 win over Costa Rica in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday night.
Keller, making his 47th appearance with the national team, was available for the United States' 2-0 win over Mexico on Feb. 28, but Arena didn't invite him to camp.
Keller, who started two of the United States' three losses in World Cup 1998, stopped short of saying he should be the regular starter ahead of Friedel, who stayed in England this week with Blackburn Rovers, which is trying to gain promotion to the Premier League.
espn.go.com /soccer/news/2001/0426/1186756.html   (405 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Keller's castle is his magic kingdom
Keller says the castle is what's known as a Haus Donk, built on a mound created from the dirt dug out for the moat, and probably once was the home of a noble.
Keller was among the earliest American soccer players to head to Europe, where top stars make millions of dollars more than they could earn in the United States, and has played for Millwall, Leicester City, Spurs and Southampton in England, and Rayo Vallecano in Spain.
Keller has had one of the longest careers in the history of the U.S. national team.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635200261,00.html   (1026 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Soccer: Kasey Keller wins Honda Award
Keller, who turned 36 on Tuesday, played in a career-high 14 games for the American team this year, setting goalkeeping records with nine wins and eight shutouts.
Keller has a total of 44 shutouts in 89 appearances with the national team, including 19 shutouts in World Cup qualifying matches.
Keller, who plays for Borussia Moenchengladbach of Germany's Bundesliga, flew to Los Angeles to receive his award in a ceremony at a downtown hotel.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20051130-1336-soc-hondaaward.html   (212 words)

  
 This Man's Home Is a Castle - New York Times
Keller says the castle is what is known as a Haus Donk, built on a mound created from the dirt dug out for the moat.
Keller was among the earliest soccer players from the United States to go to Europe, where top stars can make millions of dollars more than they could earn in the United States.
Keller has had one of the longest careers in the history of the United States national team.
www.nytimes.com /2006/04/15/sports/soccer/15keller.html?ex=1302753600&en=41d477229511eb90&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (1245 words)

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