Kasey Keller Quotations

What this game proves is who can play at this level and who can't.

We know we can score goals and we know we can keep it clean in the back. You combine those two things and you know you are going to win a lot of games.

There are some things between Bruce and I that will stay between Bruce and I and the way things transpired during the 2002 World Cup,

We used to struggle in the past, win one and draw a bunch. We have really stepped up, and we're no longer scraping by with 0-0s and 1-0s. We can go in and beat teams 3-0.

I don't know what some of our players thought. That they could just run around and do what they wanted to and these players were just going to roll over and let you do that?

Our key has always been our away points. This time we're turning those draws into wins, and that's made all the difference in the world.

Who cares about the Germans. I care more about what this does for us. Maybe we needed our ass kicked.

We beat a good team in difficult conditions. I'm sure the pitch and the weather will be better in June.

To be able to shut them up at the beginning of the second half by getting two goals and just kind of seeing the game out comfortably was fantastic.

We put ourselves under a stupid amount of pressure to start the half and it just got worse from there. I think what this game has proved to Bruce is who can play at this level and who can't.

This time when we've needed the results, we've got 'em, and we ended up doing it comfortably.

Tonight was a reality check for us. I don't think I can express how I feel in words you guys can print.

We've really put ourselves in a good position now.

Things went very well for us and the wins took the pressure off us,

You might see one or two players emerge in this game that have a much better chance to be on the field June 12 with a good performance on Wednesday.

This is an opportunity for some guys to possibly make a World Cup squad.

You don't want your biggest rivals to qualify for the World Cup in your backyard.

There was no rivalry before. It was pretty much just Mexico beat us. That was pretty much the rivalry. Now it's really grown into something big and something that the region has really cried out for.

It's like an antique car. There's always something that needs to be done. That's the only real drawback: You're living in a 1,000-year old property.

I wanted to at least go out feeling good about my time with the national team. Bruce and I cleared the air and I came in, and I've not given up the position since. I'm proud of that.

They just think it's normal, ... When they go back somewhere and tell people they were born in London and then moved to Madrid and then we moved back to London and then we moved to Germany and lived in a castle for a while, it'll be interesting when they look back on it. That's when it will really sink in.

Any time you have a chance to clinch a berth in the World Cup, it's a huge game.

Good teams win one-nil. We did that and that's what we're most proud of.

The final true artform in what we're talking about is the goal itself. And for us to try and stop that from happening, we're kind of the anti-art.

That's what goalkeeping is all about. It's really having nothing to do at times, and then having to make sure you are concentrating and ready to make the save when called upon. Going in 1-0 down would have been a travesty.

Maybe some guys were looking at that ranking a little bit too seriously.

Not just Mexico. Columbus should be the home of any big game. There's absolutely no doubt about that.To be able to play in front of a decidedly pro-American crowd for both Mexico games, and to win them both 2-0, is fantastic for everybody.

Like any sport, if you can clinch it sooner, clinch it sooner. It just makes the celebration that much sweeter.

We're not going to walk into the World Cup thinking, 'Ah, you know, we beat Norway 5-0 and we beat Japan so now we're great and we're untouchable'. It's a reality check for a few guys and that's a good thing at this time so it doesn't happen on June 12 (when the U.S. team opens World Cup play against the Czech Republic).

John Terry is the perfect skipper. It's obvious Chelsea means everything to him. When he makes those last ditch blocks, team-mates can't help but be inspired.