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Friedel studied at UCLA (where he was a NCAA champion in 1990 and won the Hermann Trophy in 1992) and has been contracted to Danish side Brøndby, TurkishTurkey (officially the Republic of Turkey Turkish Turkiye is a country located in Southwest Asia with a small part in southeastern Europe. Until 1922 the country was the center of the Ottoman Empire. The Anatolian peninsula, between the Black Sea and the power GalatasarayGalatasaray Spor Kulub (Galatasaray Sports Club) is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul which is most famous for its football section. Founded in 1905, Galatasaray currently has 15 Turkish league championships, and also won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super, the Columbus CrewThe Columbus Crew are Columbus, Ohio's Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise. They are owned by Lamar Hunt, who also owns the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Wizards and F. They have played at Columbus Crew Stadium, the first major soccer-specific stadium i of MLSMajor League Soccer MLS is the highest level soccer league in the United States sanctioned by the professional division of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF or U. Soccer), a member of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The q, Bolton Wanderers, and LiverpoolLiverpool Football Club is the most successful English football team, having won 4 European Cups and 18 league ( English Premier League, formerly First Division) titles. Their home ground is the 45,362 capacity Anfield, which is about three miles from the. At Liverpool he had a terrible time managing just over 30 games in almost three years. In 2000 he was signed to Blackburn Rovers by Graeme SounessGreame Souness (b. May 6, 1953) is a former professional football player from the Scottish capital Edinburgh. He is currently a football manager. Souness started his career at Tottenham Hotspur but after failing to get into the side, the youngster moved o on a free transfer after a work permit was secured. Due to his American nationality, Friedel has had problems securing a work permit to play in England on several occasions; this caused a move to NewcastleFor the Australian soccer club see Newcastle United (Australia . Newcastle United is an English professional football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne, nicknamed "the Magpies". Newcastle United supporters are known as the 'Toon Army'. The club currently to fall through in 1995. Friedel is currently the first choice goal keeper at Blackburn and is regarded as one of the best keepers in the league.
Friedel is the second most-capped goalkeeper in U.S. national team history and gained his first international cap against Canada in 1992 in which he managed to keep a clean sheet. He was the first choice goal keeper for the 1992 U.S Olympic team; however, he was unable to beat out Tony Meola as first choice keeper for the U.S. team at the 1994 World Cup. However his chance came, and Friedel made his World Cup debut in France '98 where he conceded one goal as the U.S. lost to Yugoslavia. He lived up to his growing reputation in Korea and Japan as the U.S. went on a surprising run to the quarterfinals, which included a 3-2 defeat of Portugal in group play and a 2-1 second-round win over archrival Mexico before a loss to Germany (the eventual runner-up). He also became the first keeper to save two penalty kicks during regular play (as opposed to penalty shootouts) in a World Cup finals tournament since 1974.