He had a few performances like that. Seems like Spain in the Confed Cup in South Africa was another monster performance. Or maybe it was Brazil in that tournament. Perhaps both. I just remember coming away from that tournament thinking we may have the best GK in the world after what I'd just seen. There were others too. Was he the GK against Italy in the 2006 WC? That was an unreal performance too. That may have been Keller, though.
I think you're right. I was in K-town when the U.S. played Italy in Germany and we went to Ramstein AFB the morning of the game. The team was staying there and we bumped into Brian McBride, Casey Keller, Bobby Convey, Bruce Arena, and some other assistants walking to our car from the BX. I remember telling my sister who they were and which one was our goalie. She got Convey to autograph her jersey and I got a photo with Brian McBride with me holding my nephew. That photo was my profile pic on FB for probably 8 years. That was the night his face got blown up.
You’re right on both counts: Keller was the GK for all three 2006 World Cup matches. Howard was still at ManU for the 2005-6 season, but Van Der Sar was 1st choice. He was loaned out to Everton for the 2006-7 season, and the Everton made the move permanent that spring.
A legendary performance. He singlehandedly kept us in that match. Had Wando just converted that sitter...ugh.
Yeah. I had high hopes for Convey. He was a major part of Reading getting promoted to Premiership along with Hanneman. Also had high hopes for Corey Gibbs at left back, but injury before that WC basically ended his career. EJ was another one I expected more from. Had some solid dudes on that roster, though, with Dolo, Boca, Beas, and obviously Landon and Deuce.
Here's that pic I took with McBride. 2006 cell phone cameras not so good for photo quality.
