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Brad Friedel

Position: Goalkeeper

Height: 6-4 (1.93 m)

Weight: 202 (92 kg)

Born: May 18, 1971, in Lakewood, Ohio

Hometown: Bay Village, Ohio

College: UCLA

Club: Galatasaray (Turkish 1st division), on loan to Columbus Crew (MLS)

National Team: Experienced his brightest moments for the U.S. National Team in the summer of 1995 where he earned a victory vs. Nigeria (3-2) and shutout Colombia (0-0) and Mexico (0-0) en route to the U.S. team's first-place finish in U.S. Cup '95 and semifinal appearance in Copa America '95 ...Saved two out of the three penalty kicks in the USA's shootout victory over Mexico in the quarterfinals of Copa America ... Backup goalkeeper to Tony Meola in the '94 World Cup ... Started 15 matches for the United States during 1993 and 10 in 1994 ... A mainstay in goal for the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team, he was in the nets for the 1991 U.S. Pan American gold-medal team and started for the U.S. team in every Olympic qualifying match ...

Professional: Signed with Galatasaray in September of 1995, winners of 10 Turkish championships ... Signed with Broendby of the Danish Super League in Spring 1995 after his appeal for a work permit to play for Newcastle of the English Premier League was denied ... Played in 10 games with Broendby in 1995 ...

College: Left UCLA following his junior season in which he was awarded the 1993 Hermann Trophy, emblematic of college soccer's best player ... A three-time All-American at UCLA, he started all 61 games, and helped lead the Bruins to the 1990 NCAA Division I Championship as a freshman ... In the 1990 NCAA final, he saved Rutger's third shot in a penalty kick tiebreaker which clinched UCLA's 1-0 victory, and in the semifinals he saved a penalty kick in the tiebreaker against North Carolina State ... Received Soccer America's Freshman of the Year honor in 1990 ...

High School: Attended Bay High where he was a three-sport athlete (soccer, basketball and tennis), earning 11 varsity letters ... An All-State basketball player in Ohio, he was invited to tryout as a walk-on for the UCLA basketball team in 1990 ... Awarded Bay High's 1989 Nelson Narks Award, given to the school's most outstanding athlete.

First Appearance: Sept. 3, 1992, vs. Canada

First Shutout: Sept. 3, 1992, vs. Canada