To this day, more Americans have walked on the moon than have played in the top flight of Spanish football. So what Kasey Keller achieved is pretty impressive.



He became the first American to play in La Liga. He was the first to earn a work permit to play in England on a US passport alone. He was only the second American to captain a Bundesliga side and he lived in a 1,000-year-old castle in Germany – Kasey Keller has been a true pioneer for US football.



They are achievements that Keller still reflects on with pride after a career that spanned two decades and came full circle when he finally hung up his gloves at his hometown club of Seattle, just an hour north of where he was raised on a farm in Olympia.



Many Americans have followed in Keller’s footsteps and crossed the Atlantic to pursue their dream of playing in some of the biggest leagues in the world. Christian Pulisic became the 45th American to play in the Premier League when he made his...