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| Kasey Keller |
91 caps / 44 shutouts |
Club:
B. Moenchengladbach (GER) |
Hometown:
Lacey, Wash. |
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Keller's Career Highlights
- Sits at the top of the U.S. all-time shutout list with an astounding 44 shutouts in 91 matches
- The only three-time winner of U.S. Soccer’s Male Athlete of the Year award, winning in 1997, 1999 and 2005
- Registered the second most minutes (1260) of any U.S. player during the team’s 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign
- A loss to Brazil in the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal ended his remarkable 18-0-4 unbeaten record on U.S. soil since 1998
- A four-time FIFA World Cup veteran who began his international career in 1990, he was named to the 1995 All Copa America Team after helping the USA advance to the semifinals
- Made stops at Tottenham, Millwall and Leicester City in England and Rayo Vallecano in Spain’s Liga Primera before settling in at Borussia Moenchengladbach of the German Bundesliga
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| Tim Howard |
15 caps / 6 shutouts |
Club:
Everton FC (ENG) |
Hometown:
East Brunswick, N.J. |
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Howard's Career Highlights
- Made his first appearance for the USA in 2002, getting a clean sheet against Ecuador
- Started all three games during the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup in France, earning a shutout against Cameroon and Man of the Match honors in losses to Brazil and Turkey
- A finalist for the 2003 U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year award, he made seven appearances for the MNT in 2003, posting two shutouts
- Made the most significant transfer in MLS history, signing with world power Manchester United, where he was named the English Premier League’s Goalkeeper of the Year after a stellar 2003-04 season
- A two-time MLS Best XI member, he became the youngest player to win the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award in 2001, recording four shutouts and a league-leading 146 saves
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| Marcus Hahnemann |
6 caps / 1 shutout |
Club:
Reading FC (ENG) |
Hometown:
Bellvue, Wash. |
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Hahnemann's Career Highlights
- Made the leap to Europe in 1999, joining Fulham for three years before being loaned out and finally singing a deal with Reading in 2002
- Has been Reading’s first-choice goalkeeper and lead the team to first place and promotion to the English Premier League in 2006
- Earned his first cap in 1994 against Trinidad & Tobago and played three games that year, but didn’t see action with the MNT again until 2003
- World Cup qualifying debut came on Sept. 7, 2005, against Guatemala, earning his first career shutout in a 0-0 draw
- Started his professional career with the Seattle Sounders before moving to the Colorado Rapids of MLS in 1997
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2006 World Cup Goalkeepers
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