Kasey Keller Quotes (21 Quotes)

It's definitely getting a worldwide audience for this rivalry and that's only because now we're able to step up and play at the level that Mexico has been playing at for generations,

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

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.

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

Once again, it was horrible conditions. Bad lightning, the pitch field was halfway under water. It's a shame, but we're not going to blame anything on the field. We didn't play particularly well, particularly in the second half, so you have to give everybody credit for not quitting.

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).

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's no question there's a different buzz when it's Mexico. If you're not up, if you're not ready to perform, you're not going to win. We know it and they know it that's the level it's reached for us.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

I think there's a large pressure on the team to have a much better result than they had against Italy the other day. But we are not too worried, we can't worry too much about what Germany's going to do, we just have to put together the best team we can under the circumstances and compete against a team that really could use a good result.

We got a little nervous during warm-ups, ... There were a few more Mexicans than we were probably expecting, but by the time everyone came in from their tailgating parties, it was really obvious that it was a very pro-American crowd. And to be able to shut the Mexican fans up by getting the two goals in second half and then bleeding the game out comfortably was fantastic.

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.

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.

We are in a good position to build on this start, however, we should keep focused and not get careless and laid back now.

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