US Goalkeepers Action Overseas.

Here's an account of how the US Keepers faired this week in EPL action:

Marcus Hahnemann - L
United States goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann is still coming to terms with the worst match of his life.

Hahnemann conceded seven goals in Reading's 7-4 loss to Portsmouth on Saturday.

"I've been replaying the goals in my mind and I'm embarrassed," Hahnemann wrote in a column in Monday's edition of The Daily Mail newspaper. "I never let seven goals in as a five-year-old, let alone in a real game."

Kasey Keller - D
Kasey Keller didn't waste any time impressing as the Cottagers' No. 1 goalkeeper. Keller made four saves in shutting out Chelsea on Saturday. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.

Tim Howard - W
Tim Howard started and played 90 minutes for Everton, making four saves for the shutout in Everton's 2-0 victory against Middlesbrough.

Brad Friedel - W
Brad Friedel started and played 90 minutes in Blackburn's 2-1 victory against Sunderland on Saturday.

Keller to MLS

Winless Real Salt Lake and Kasey Keller are in the final stages of negotiations and that the veteran goalkeeper is close to agreeing to a deal. John Ellinger, who was dismissed as coach but remains in the front office, has been in direct contact with Keller in hopes of finalizing it. The deal would apparently be for 2 1/2 years. Things could still go wrong, one source cautioned, but talks have progressed substantially the past two weeks.

I think it's great that Keller will have the chance to come back to America after years in Europe. Hopefully help RSL put there team together and give him a chance to win.

Keller's career stats:

Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989 1992-1996 1996-1999 1999-2001 2001-2005 2004 2005-2007	F.C. Portland Millwall Leicester City Rayo Vallecano Tottenham Hotspur →Southampton (loan) Borussia Mönchengladbach	010 (0) 178 (0) 099 (0) 051 (0) 085 (0) 004 (0) 050 (0)
National team
1990-	United States	097 (0)

Real Salt Lake and Kasey Keller -- a wonderful match?

According to an article on CNNSI - Keller has expressed an interest in playing on Real Salt Lake.

Keller hands-down is among the top two or three most internationally respected and accomplished players in the history of American soccer.

Keller's deal with Borussia Mönchengladbach expires in June, and it looks as if the club he captains is about to be relegated. At 37, he says he's ready for one last contract before he retires. And since he's a family man, he prefers to play close to his U.S. home near Olympia, Wash., or near his vacation home in Tamarack, Idaho.

Salt Lake City is the only MLS market anywhere near Washington -- a little more than 800 miles away, or a brief two-hour flight from Seattle. And because Keller is ready to sign one final contract, he's not waiting for an expansion franchise in the Pacific Northwest or the San Francisco Bay Area. If no MLS club makes him an offer, he'll likely sign another short-term deal in Europe and then call it quits.

I think this would be a huge loss for the league and would be a big help to Salt Lake City who currently has Nick "thank god he isn't on DC United" Romondo.

MLS doesn't want Keller... what are they thinking?

According to ESPN, MLS has little interest in bringing Kasey Keller to America. My question is why? I mean I know he is 37, but he can still play at a high level and is a name. I would love to see him and Brad Friedel in MLS. I think both these goalies are still playing at the top level and MLS would be lucky to have them.

On the reverse side, hopefully some of the younger keepers will follow Keller and Friedel's example and head overseas to play in tougher leagues. In America we have no shortage of quality tenders, but we need to continue to challenge them and not let some of the best goalies get comfortable playing in MLS.

If MLS is going to expand from 13 teams to 16 teams by 2010 - we need players like Keller and Friedel back in the US to help the game. And have them do it while they are still playing at a high level.

Keller expects to be in the net for the National Team in 2010!

Kasey Keller doesn't consider himself a has been. He's a starting goalkeeper and hopes to be the starter for the 2010 World Cup team.

The U.S. starter at the 1998 and 2006 World Cups, Keller will be 40 by the time the 2010 tournament opens in South Africa.

If Keller is picked for the U.S. roster at the 2010 tournament, he'd be part of a small group to be selected for five World Cups. He was a backup in both 1990 and 2002.

Meanwhile Keller has made 25 Bundesliga appearances this season for last-place Borussia Moenchengladbach in Germany.

"From my first trips with the national team in '89, it's been an astronomical change in the game," Keller said in a CNNSI article. "We have a long ways to go, but we also have a tremendous amount of competition to compete against. I think if we continue the good steady growth we've had over the last 15, 16, 20 years, I think this sport will be in a perfect position come 2015, 2020."

Let's hope Keller is right and that he continues to compete.