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{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1969)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kasey Keller
| image = Kasey Keller Seattle Sounders (cropped).jpg
| caption = Keller with [[Seattle Sounders FC]] in 2010
| full_name = Kasey C. Keller<ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|10779|access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|11|29|mf=y}}<ref name="PremProfile">{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1193/Kasey-Keller/overview |title=Kasey Keller: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Olympia, Washington]], U.S.
| height = {{convert|1.88|m|order=flip}}<ref name="PremProfile"/>
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub = 
| collegeyears1 = 1988–1991
| college1 = [[Portland Pilots (NCAA)|Portland Pilots]]
| years1 = 1989
| clubs1 = [[Portland Timbers (1985–1990)|Portland Timbers]]
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1992–1996
| clubs2 = [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]]
| caps2 = 175
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1996–1999
| clubs3 = [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]
| caps3 = 99
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1999–2001
| clubs4 = [[Rayo Vallecano]]
| caps4 = 51
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2001–2005
| clubs5 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| caps5 = 85
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2004
| clubs6 = → [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] (loan)
| caps6 = 4
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2005–2007
| clubs7 = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| caps7 = 78
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2007–2008
| clubs8 = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
| caps8 = 13
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2009–2011
| clubs9 = [[Seattle Sounders FC]]
| caps9 = 93
| goals9 = 0
| totalcaps = 609
| totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1989
| nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1996
| nationalteam2 = [[United States men's national under-23 soccer team|United States Olympic]] ([[List of overage players in Olympic football|O.P.]])
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1990–2007
| nationalteam3 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps3 = 102
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2013
| managerclubs1 = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2013
| managerclubs2 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] (assistant)
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'''Kasey C. Keller''' (born November 29, 1969) is an American former professional [[association football|soccer]] player who played in Europe and the United States, as well as being the starting [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for the [[United States men's national soccer team|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|Olympia]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref name="Hugman"/> He attended [[North Thurston High School]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wochnick|first1=Meg|title=Rams honor Kasey Keller with win|url=http://www.theolympian.com/sports/high-school/article25291837.html|website=The Olympian|access-date=November 10, 2015|date=March 23, 2011}}</ref> and played [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] at the [[University of Portland]]<ref name="Thurston Talk">{{cite web|last1=Wood|first1=Gail|title=It All Started in Lacey for Seattle Sounders' Kasey Keller|url=http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/12/23/started-lacey-seattle-sounders-kasey-keller/|website=Thurston Talk|access-date=November 10, 2015|date=December 23, 2013}}</ref> under [[Clive Charles]]. As a [[freshman]] in 1988, he helped lead the team to the [[NCAA]] men's soccer final four. He earned [[Division I First-Team All-American (soccer)|first team All American]] as a senior and was the 1991 Adidas Goalkeeper of the Year. During the 1989 college off-season, he played for the [[F.C. Portland|Portland Timbers]] of the [[Western Soccer League|Western Soccer Alliance]]. His outstanding play led to his selection as league [[Most valuable player|MVP]] that year. In 10 games, he allowed only four goals, for a 0.38 goals-against-average and eight clean sheets.

In 1989, he split his time between the Portland Timbers and the U.S. U-20 national team, which finished fourth at the [[FIFA World Youth Championship 1989|1989 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]. Keller once again excelled and was awarded the tournament's Silver Ball as the tournament's second-best player.

===Millwall===
After being a member of the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]] in the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]], he was signed by the English club [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], playing there and becoming a fan favorite between 1992 and 1996. Keller made his Millwall debut on May 2, 1992, and played his last game on May 5, 1996, making 202 overall appearances for The Lions. Keller was voted ''Player of The Year'' 1992–93 by the Lions fans and also picked up the ''Junior Lions'' and ''Disabled Millwall Fans''' awards. When Millwall were relegated to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]], the team transferred Keller to [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] for £900,000 on August 15, 1996.

Keller was still studying for a [[sociology]] degree by correspondence when he played for Millwall, and wrote a paper on [[Millwall F.C.#Supporters|the club's hooligans]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Thomsen |first1=Ian |title=In Good Hands |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1998/05/18/in-good-hands-toughened-by-his-seven-years-as-goalkeeper-in-england-unflappable-kasey-keller-holds-the-fate-of-the-us-soccer-team |access-date=February 11, 2021 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=May 18, 1998}}</ref>

===Leicester City===
In his first year with [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], Keller played a vital part in the team's success in both a strong league position and winning the 1997 [[Football League Cup|League Cup]]. The team reached the final again in 1999; a last minute goal lost them the match. That summer, he left the club for Spain on a free transfer.

===Rayo Vallecano===
Keller signed with the newly promoted Spanish club [[Rayo Vallecano]] for the 1999–2000 season and played there for two years.

===Tottenham Hotspur===
In August 2001, Keller returned to England and the Premier League, joining [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] on a free transfer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spurs seal Keller transfer |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/1488809.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=August 13, 2001|access-date= April 16, 2012 }}</ref> Relegated to backup duty for [[Neil Sullivan]] early on, he won the starting spot and played every minute for Spurs in both the [[2002–03 FA Premier League|2002–03]] and the [[2003–04 FA Premier League|2003–04]] seasons.

In the [[2004-05 FA Premier League|2004–05 Premiership season]], Keller fell out of favor at Tottenham, as [[Paul Robinson (footballer, born 1979)|Paul Robinson]] became the first-choice keeper. In November 2004, Kasey was loaned out to [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], a Premiership club ravaged by injuries to its goalkeepers, for one month.<ref>{{cite news |title=Southampton sign Keller on loan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/4006615.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 12, 2004 |access-date=April 16, 2012 }}</ref>

===Borussia Mönchengladbach===
[[File:Kasey Keller.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Keller with [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] in 2007]]
On January 15, 2005, Keller joined German [[Bundesliga]] side [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] on a free transfer during the Bundesliga's winter break. He got off to a good start in the Bundesliga, keeping a clean sheet in his first appearance for Borussia. Keller played every minute in the second half of the season and kept a total of seven clean sheets in that period, playing an important role in saving the club from relegation.

Keller also lived in Haus Donk,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hausdonk.de | title = Haus Donk | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071009083325/http://www.hausdonk.de/ | archive-date = October 9, 2007 }}</ref> a castle in [[Tönisvorst]], near Mönchengladbach.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_3854363 | publisher = The Denver Post | title = Keeper of castle | first=John | last=Henderson}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ussoccer.com/bio/index.jsp_78444.html | publisher = The Official Site of U.S. Soccer | title = Kasey Keller Biography | access-date = June 14, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061113110013/http://www.ussoccer.com/bio/index.jsp_78444.html | archive-date = November 13, 2006 | url-status = dead }}</ref> During the 2006–07 season he was one of the two Bundesliga players to be hobby-columnists for ''RUND'', a German soccer magazine published monthly, reflecting his life in Germany and his Bundesliga career within those lines. He shared that role with [[VfB Stuttgart]]'s shot-stopper [[Timo Hildebrand]].

On August 10, 2006, Keller was selected by his teammates to captain club side Borussia Mönchengladbach during the 2006–07 campaign. He is the second American (after [[Claudio Reyna]]) to captain a top-level German club.

===Fulham===
In August 2007, Keller returned to the Premier League, signing for [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]].<ref name="Fulham bring in goalkeeper Keller">{{cite news | title = Fulham bring in goalkeeper Keller | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/6961057.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = August 23, 2007 | access-date = August 23, 2007}}</ref> The length of Keller's contract and financial details were not disclosed by the club. He was bought as a backup to goalkeeper [[Antti Niemi (footballer)|Antti Niemi]], but nagging injuries to Niemi saw him take over as principal goalkeeper at Fulham. However, the day before the Premier League match against [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] in October, Keller injured his arm in training and was on the sidelines until late January. He returned as a substitute keeper in the 2–1 win over [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] on February 3. From then on he was only second choice until Fulham's match against Blackburn where he started the game, with Niemi on the bench. He then went on to start Fulham's remaining games as they defied all odds and avoided relegation on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win over [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] at [[Fratton Park]].

===Seattle Sounders FC===
[[File:Kasey Keller punch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Keller in action for the Seattle Sounders in 2010]]
On August 14, 2008, Keller returned to the United States to sign with the 2009 MLS expansion team [[Seattle Sounders FC]].<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Seattle signs former US goalkeeper Keller |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/715764 |publisher=Taiwan News |date=August 15, 2008 |access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> He was the starting goalkeeper for the MLS team's first-ever match, on 19 March 2009, which the Sounders won 3–0. He continued to have a clean sheet in each of his next three starts, with a score of 2–0 per start. He also set the record for most minutes without a goal to start a season in MLS history. His clean sheet streak came to an end on 2 May 2009, at 457 minutes in the second half of a game against the [[Chicago Fire FC]].<ref>{{cite news |first=José Miguel |last=Romero |title=Kasey Keller allows his first goal of the season as Sounders FC ties Chicago |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/kasey-keller-allows-his-first-goal-of-the-season-as-sounders-fc-ties-chicago/ |publisher=Seattle Times |date=May 3, 2009 |access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> He started in every match of the [[2009 U.S. Open Cup]], as the Sounders won the title after beating D.C. United in the [[2009 U.S. Open Cup final|final]] on 2 September 2009, thus becoming the second [[expansion team]] in MLS history to win the tournament in their inaugural season. Keller was then named TheCup.us Player of the Tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thecup.us/2009/09/14/kasey-keller-named-thecup-us-player-of-the-tournament-fredy-montero-mvp-of-final/ |title=Kasey Keller named TheCup.us Player of the Tournament |website=thecup.us |date=14 September 2009 |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref> On 3 October, Keller recorded his 10th clean-sheet in a 1–0 over Columbus Crew to end the Crew's 22-game home unbeaten streak.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.soundersfc.com/news/sounders-fc-1-crew-0 |title=Sounders FC 1, Crew 0 |website=www.soundersfc.com |date=3 October 2009 |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref>

In the 2010 season, the 40-year-old Keller was the only Sounders FC player to have started every league match (32) in regular season and playoffs, logging a total of 3585 in all competitions.<ref name=Soccer>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/kasey-keller/ |title=Kasey Keller |website=www.mlssoccer.com |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref> On 27 June, he recorded a season-high nine saves in a 1–3 loss to [[Philadelphia Union]], and three days later, he made two stops in a penalty shootout against Portland Timbers in the round of 16 of the [[2010 U.S. Open Cup]].<ref name=Soccer/> On 8 August, Keller recorded his first MLS assist with a long pass to [[Fredy Montero]]'s opening goal in an eventual 2–0 win over Houston Dynamo, thus becoming the first Sounders goalkeeper to show up on the score sheet, and at the age of 40, one of the oldest player to register a goal contribution in MLS history.<ref name=Soccer/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.soundersfc.com/news/sounders-win-fourth-straight |title=Sounders Win Fourth Straight |website=www.soundersfc.com |date=9 August 2010 |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref> On 9 September, Keller saved a first-half penalty in a goalless draw with Real Salt Lake.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.soundersfc.com/news/keller-saves-sounders |title=Keller Saves Sounders |website=www.soundersfc.com |date=10 September 2010 |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref> On 5 October, Keller won his second U.S. Open Cup title after helping his side beat Columbus Crew 2–1 in the [[2010 U.S. Open Cup final|final]] in front of 31,311, the largest crowd to witness a US Open Cup final; Seattle thus become the first MLS club to successfully defend the Open Cup title and the first club overall to repeat since the [[New York Pancyprian-Freedoms]] did so in 1982 and 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thecup.us/2010/10/06/2010-us-open-cup-final-seattle-sounders-first-club-to-repeat-as-open-cup-champions-since-1983/ |title=2010 US Open Cup Final: Record crowd sees Seattle Sounders become first repeat champion since 1983 |website=thecup.us |date=6 October 2010 |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref> He ended the 2010 season with 11 clean-sheets, thus surpassing his 2009 total. He won MLS Save of the Year for his stop against [[Sporting Kansas City|Kansas City Wizards]] on 17 April and six of his 82 saves were voted MLS Save of the Week.<ref name=Soccer/>

In the 2011 MLS season, the 41-year-old Keller finished third in the MLS saves leader with 110. On 4 October, Keller started in his third consecutive [[2011 U.S. Open Cup final|Open Cup final]], keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over the Chicago Fire in front of 35,615, the largest crowd to witness a US Open Cup final,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thecup.us/2011/10/05/2011-us-open-cup-final-seattle-sounders-smother-fire-earn-historic-three-peat-in-front-of-record-crowd/ |title=2011 US Open Cup Final: Seattle Sounders smother Fire, earn historic three-peat in front of record crowd |website=thecup.us |date=5 October 2011 |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref> and in doing so at the age of 41 years and 306 days, he became the oldest player in the competition's history at the time, a record that has since been surpassed by [[Marcus Hahnemann]] in 2014 and [[Claudio Muñoz (footballer, born 1981)|Claudio Muñoz]] in 2024. He played his final regular season home game for the Sounders on 15 October 2011, helping his side to a 2–1 win over the [[San Jose Earthquakes]] in front of a record crowd of 64,140 people were present. In the following week, on 22 October, Keller played his last match for the club in a 3–1 win over [[Chivas USA]], and in doing so at the age of 41 years and 324 days, he became the third oldest player in the history of the MLS, only behind [[Preki]] (42) and [[Pat Onstad]] (43).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fansided.com/posts/15-oldest-players-mls-history |title=Top 15 oldest players in MLS history |website=fansided.com |date=9 April 2024 |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref>

==International career==
Keller got his first senior team cap against [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] on February 4, 1990, and was on the roster as [[Tony Meola]]'s back up at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]].

After being ignored by U.S. coach [[Bora Milutinović]] for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]], he made [[Steve Sampson]]'s ill-fated squad in 1998, and played two games at the [[Football World Cup 1998|World Cup]]. Keller was an overage selection for the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics team]], starting all three matches.

Keller was named [[U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year]] an unprecedented three times, in 1997 and 1999, and again in 2005.<ref name=Soccer/>

Perhaps his most famous clean sheet came in the historic 1998 win versus Brazil. Keller played all 90 minutes in goal and made ten saves, many from point-blank range, in preserving the 1–0 shutout victory for the U.S. His performance in goal prompted Brazilian great [[Romário]] to remark "That is the best performance by a goalkeeper I have ever seen,"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sams-army.com/index.php?Mlist=content_full&Article_id=22 |title=Sams-Army.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722054213/http://sams-army.com/index.php?Mlist=content_full&Article_id=22 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |access-date =July 22, 2007 }}</ref> the performance was commemorated in the song "Kasey Keller" by synth-pop band [[Barcelona (band)|Barcelona]].

For most of their careers, Keller and [[Brad Friedel]] were engaged in a head-to-head battle for the U.S. goalkeeper's jersey. Keller got the nod in 1998 but was second choice to Friedel in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]. In spite of this stiff competition he has the second most caps and wins of any men's goalkeeper in U.S. soccer history with 102 and 53, respectively, behind [[Tim Howard]]. Keller remains the team's all-time leader in keeping [[clean sheet]]s with 47.

Keller crowned the U.S.'s run in the [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] tournament with a clean sheet in the final match against [[Panama national football team|Panama]] and two saves in the penalty shootout to give the side the trophy. Keller started the first seven games of the final round of World Cup qualifying in 2005, recording five consecutive clean sheets and 507 consecutive goalless minutes to lead the U.S. to qualification for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] Finals in Germany. He then became the first male player in U.S. history to win his third Athlete of the Year award. On May 2, 2006, Keller and teammate [[Claudio Reyna]] became the first two American men named to four World Cup Rosters. In that World Cup, he played in all three games, being named Man of the Match in the 1–1 draw with Italy in [[Kaiserslautern]] on June 17, 2006. Keller is the only U.S. player to participate in both the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]] and [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]] World Cups.

==Broadcasting career==

Keller joined the Seattle Sounders FC broadcast team as a [[color commentator]] alongside play-by-play announcer [[Ross Fletcher]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mayers |first=Joshua |date=January 10, 2012 |title=Sounders hire announcers Ross Fletcher, Kasey Keller |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/sounders-hire-announcers-ross-fletcher-kasey-keller/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 5, 2023}}</ref> He remained with the club through the 2022 season, when [[Apple TV]]'s [[MLS Season Pass]] took over from local broadcasters.<ref>{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Jayda |date=February 23, 2023 |title=Sounders broadcasts are changing in 2023. Here's how to watch and what to know before the MLS season |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/sounders-broadcasts-are-changing-in-2023-heres-how-to-watch-and-what-to-know-before-the-mls-season/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 5, 2023}}</ref> Keller also worked on ESPN broadcasts as a color commentator and studio analyst for various international tournaments and [[ESPN FC]] programs.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 1, 2012 |title=Kasey Keller, former Pilots and Sounders goalkeeper, joins ESPN as analyst |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/2012/03/kasey_keller_former_pilots_and.html |work=The Oregonian |accessdate=March 5, 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Keller resides in Seattle with his wife Kristin and their two children, twins born on August 26, 1997. Keller has lived in London, Madrid, and Germany, where he and his family lived in a 1,000-year-old castle.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/national/2005-08-31-keller-focus_x.htm | title = Keller settles in as USA's top goalkeeper | access-date = August 2, 2009 | date = August 31, 2005 | publisher = USA Today | first=Ridge | last=Mahoney}}</ref>
During his time abroad, Keller has learned to speak German and Spanish fluently.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kasey Keller 18 Goalkeeper|url=http://www.soundersfc.com/Team/Players/Kasey-Keller.aspx |access-date=August 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323053013/http://www.soundersfc.com/Team/Players/Kasey-Keller.aspx |archive-date=March 23, 2009 }}</ref> He told the ''[[New York Times]]'' that he turned down offers from several European clubs to sign with Seattle for the sake of his children, who have attended a new school with every transfer he has made.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/qa-with-kasey-keller/| title = Q&A With Kasey Keller | access-date = August 2, 2009 | date = April 13, 2005 | work = [[New York Times]] | first=Jack | last=Bell}}</ref>

A street adjacent to Keller's alma mater, North Thurston High School in [[Olympia, Washington]], was renamed to "Kasey Keller Drive" in the 2000s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Millikin |first=Jack |date=December 14, 2012 |title=Soccer great Kasey Keller makes stop in Tri-Cities |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/other-sports/article32104671.html |work=[[Tri-City Herald]] |accessdate=July 4, 2023}}</ref>

In April 2016, Keller and his former USMNT goalkeeper teammate [[Marcus Hahnemann]] became coaches of the boys' soccer team at [[Newport High School (Bellevue, Washington)|Newport High School]] in [[Bellevue, Washington]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ludtka |first1=Michelle |title=Former USMNT and Sounders Goalkeepers teammates again, this time in coaching |url=https://www.q13fox.com/sports/former-usmnt-and-sounders-goalkeepers-teammates-again-this-time-in-coaching |access-date=February 11, 2021 |publisher=Q13 Fox |date=April 29, 2016}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
{{BLP unsourced section |date= August 2021}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |National cup
! colspan="2" |League cup
! colspan="2" |Continental
! colspan="2" |Other
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|[[Portland Timbers (1985–1990)|Portland Timbers]]
|[[1989 Portland Timbers season|1989]]
|[[Western Soccer Alliance]]
|10
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|11
|0
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]]
|[[1992–93 Millwall F.C. season|1992–93]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|45
|0
|1
|0
|3
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|1
|0
|50
|0
|-
|[[1993–94 Millwall F.C. season|1993–94]]
|First Division
|44
|0
|1
|0
|3
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|3
|0
|51
|0
|-
|[[1994–95 Millwall F.C. season|1994–95]]
|First Division
|44
|0
|5
|0
|5
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|54
|0
|-
|[[1995–96 Millwall F.C. season|1995–96]]
|First Division
|42
|0
|1
|0
|3
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|46
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!175
!0
!8
!0
!14
!0
!0
!0
!4
!0
!201
!0
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] 
|[[1996–97 Leicester City F.C. season|1996–97]]
|[[Premier League]]
|31
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|32
|0
|-
|[[1997–98 Leicester City F.C. season|1997–98]]
|Premier League
|32
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|2
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|34
|0
|-
|[[1998–99 Leicester City F.C. season|1998–99]]
|Premier League
|36
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|6
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|42
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!99
!0
!0
!0
!7
!0
!2
!0
!0
!0
!108
!0
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Rayo Vallecano]]
|[[1999–2000 La Liga|1999–2000]]
|[[La Liga]]
|28
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|28
|0
|-
|[[2000–01 Rayo Vallecano season|2000–01]]
|La Liga
|23
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|5
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|28
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Totals
!51
!0
!0
!0
!0
!0
!5
!0
!0
!0
!56
!0
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|[[2001–02 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season|2001–02]]
|Premier League
|9
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|10
|0
|-
|[[2002–03 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season|2002–03]]
|Premier League
|38
|0
|1
|0
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|40
|0
|-
|[[2003–04 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season|2003–04]]
|Premier League
|38
|0
|3
|0
|4
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|45
|0
|-
|[[2004–05 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season|2004–05]]
|Premier League
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|2
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|2
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!85
!0
!4
!0
!8
!0
!0
!0
!0
!0
!97
!0
|-
|[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] (loan)
|[[2004–05 Southampton F.C. season|2004–05]]
|Premier League
|4
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|4
|0
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|[[2004–05 Bundesliga|2004–05]]
|[[Bundesliga]]
|17
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|17
|0
|-
|[[2005–06 Bundesliga|2005–06]]
|Bundesliga
|33
|0
|2
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|35
|0
|-
|[[2006–07 Bundesliga|2006–07]]
|Bundesliga
|28
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|28
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!78
!0
!2
!0
!0
!0
!0
!0
!0
!0
!80
!0
|-
|[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
|[[2007–08 Fulham F.C. season|2007–08]]
|Premier League
|13
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|14
|0
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Seattle Sounders FC]]
|[[2009 Seattle Sounders FC season|2009]]
|[[Major League Soccer]]
|29
|0
|4
|0
|2
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|35
|0
|-
|[[2010 Seattle Sounders FC season|2010]]
|Major League Soccer
|30
|0
|3
|0
|2
|0
|5
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|40
|0
|-
|[[2011 Seattle Sounders FC season|2011]]
|Major League Soccer
|34
|0
|2
|0
|2
|0
|5
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|43
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!93
!0
!9
!0
!6
!0
!10
!0
!0
!0
!118
!0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!608
!0
!23
!0
!36
!0
!17
!0
!4
!0
!689
!0
|}

==Honors==
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'''Leicester City'''
*[[Football League Cup]]: [[1996–97 Football League Cup|1996–97]];<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/claridge-s-fivestar-silver-service-1267700.html |title=Claridge's five-star silver service |first=Glenn |last=Moore |website=The Independent |date=April 16, 1997 |access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref> runner-up: [[1998–99 Football League Cup|1998–99]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/300408.stm |title=Nielsen nicks it for Spurs |website=BBC Sport |date=March 22, 1999 |access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref>

'''Tottenham Hotspur'''
*Football League Cup runner-up: [[2001–02 Football League Cup|2001–02]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1834988.stm |title=Cole strike stuns Spurs |website=BBC Sport |date=February 24, 2002 |access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref>

'''Seattle Sounders FC'''
*[[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup]]: [[2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|2009]], [[2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|2010]], [[2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|2011]]

'''United States'''
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]: [[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]], [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]], [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]], [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] Player of the Year: 1992–93
* [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]]: 2015<ref>{{cite news |title=Hall of Fame – Class of 2015 |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/about/hall-of-fame/class-of-2015 |work=U.S. Soccer |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712222431/http://www.ussoccer.com/about/hall-of-fame/class-of-2015 |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[1989 FIFA World Youth Championship|FIFA World Youth Championship Silver Ball]]: 1989
* [[Honda Player of the Year]]: 1999, 2005
* [[U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year]]: 1997, 1999, 2005
* [[MLS Save of the Year Award|MLS Save of the Year]]: [[2010 Major League Soccer season|2010]], [[2011 Major League Soccer season|2011]]
* [[MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award|MLS Goalkeeper of the Year]]: 2011
* [[Western Soccer League]] MVP:[[1989 Western Soccer League]]
* [[Western Soccer League]] Top Goalkeeper: 1989
* [[State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame]]: 2017
* [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] Best XI (Honorable Mention): [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]]

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{MLS player|kasey-keller}}
* {{Soccerbase}}
* [http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/KaseyKeller.htm Kasey Keller] at Millwall-History.co.uk
* {{NFT player|pid=7122}}

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