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Kasey Keller, former U.S. Men’s National Team goalkeeper and three-time U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year, joined ESPN as a soccer analyst in February 2012. Keller serves as a studio analyst for select MLS and U.S. Men’s National Team matches, as well as international events such as the UEFA European Football Championship. He made his big-event debut with ESPN serving as a match and studio analyst for ESPN’s coverage of the UEFA European Football Championship 2012.
Since then, Keller worked as a studio and match analyst for ESPN during the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2014 FIFA World Cup – both events held in Brazil. He is also a studio analyst for ESPN’s presentation of the MLS Cup.
Keller holds the record as the most-capped goalkeeper in the U.S. Men’s National Team with 102 appearances – starting two of three matches in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France and starting all matches in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, including a 1-1 tie versus Italy. He was a member of the U.S. Men’s National Team that reached the quarterfinals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup,
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Kasey Keller
American soccer player (born 1969)
Kasey C. Keller (born November 29, 1969) is an American former professional soccer player who played in Europe and the United States, and was the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. national team. He is a four-time FIFA World Cup participant and was the first American goalkeeper to become a regular in the German Bundesliga, the English Premier League, and the Spanish La Liga.
Keller retired after three seasons with Seattle Sounders FC after they joined Major League Soccer. He was the Sounders' color commentator in local television broadcasts from 2012 to 2022, and assistant coach for Newport High School Boys Soccer in Bellevue, Washington. He also frequently appears on ESPN FC.
Club career
Early career
Keller was born in Olympia, Washington.[1] He attended North Thurston High School[3] and played college soccer at the University of Portland[4] under Clive Charles. As a freshman in 1988, he helped lead the team to the NCAA men's soccer final four. He earned first team All American
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Sigi Schmid
German-American soccer coach (1953–2018)
Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (German:[ˈziːkfʀiːtˈziːɡiːʃmiːt]; March 20, 1953 – December 25, 2018) was a German soccercoach.[1]
Born in Tübingen, West Germany, he moved to the United States with his family when he was a child. He played college soccer from 1972 to 1975 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was a starting midfielder. He coached his former college team, the UCLA Bruins from 1980 to 1999. During that period, he became one of the most successful collegiate coaches of all time, leading the Bruins to a record of 322–63–33 (wins–losses–draws). The team made 16 consecutive playoff appearances from 1983 to 1998, winning the national championship in 1985, 1990, and 1997. Schmid also worked with U.S. Soccer throughout the 1990s.
Schmid coached the Los Angeles Galaxy, Columbus Crew and Seattle Sounders FC in the MLS. Despite never having played soccer at a professional level, he has the most coaching wins in MLS history and was the recipient of the MLS Coach of the
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