U.S. national team goalkeeper Kasey Keller practices with goalie coach Milutin Soskic, right. (AP photo) | ZOOM |

        SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. coach Bruce Arena might use both of his goalkeepers, Kasey Keller and Brad Friedel, in the first round of the World Cup.

        Arena has not yet made a decision on which goalkeeper will start in the Americans' World Cup opener against Portugal on June 5. The U.S. team also plays co-host South Korea on June 10 and Poland on June 14. Arena said Saturday he has three options.

        “One, is we go with the same goalkeeper in all three games. Two, is we split them in Games 1 and 2. And three, is we take it one game at a time,” he said.

        Keller was the starter for the United States in the first two games of the 1998 World Cup in France against Germany and Iran. With the U.S. team virtually eliminated after losing its first two games, Friedel started the finale against Yugoslavia.

        Both have played well of late.

        Friedel was the starter all season long for Blackburn in the English Premier League. Keller spent much of the season as the backup at Tottenham Hotspur, but emerged to become the starter in the final seven games of the season in the same league.

        “The decision is going to be based on who gives us the best chance to win,” Arena said. “It's not sentimental ... If it was sentimental, I would give myself a chance to play. That would not give us the best chance to win.”

        Friedel and Keller have split most of the time in goal for the American team this year. Because he was not playing regularly at Tottenham for much of the season, Keller played for the United States in 11 games while Friedel played in four.

        Tony Meola, the starter for the U.S. team at the 1990 and 1994 tournaments, is the No. 3 goalkeeper this time and would play only if Friedel and Keller both became unavailable.

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