
In Daegu on 10 June 2002 he pushed away Lee Eul-yong's penalty, then saved another against Poland four days later, the first goalkeeper since Jan Tomaszewski in 1974 to stop two spot kicks in World Cup play. He reached the 2002 quarter-finals with that side, won the League Cup with Blackburn the same year, made the PFA Team of the Year in 2003 and put together 310 consecutive Premier League appearances, the competition record. Career record: 82 caps and 0 goals for United States; club career at Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur.
| 1994–1994 | Newcastle United |
| 1995–1996 | Galatasaray S.K. |
| 1995–1995 | Brøndby IF |
| 1996–1997 | Columbus Crew |
| 1997–2000 | Liverpool |
| 2000–2008 | Blackburn Rovers |
| 2008–2011 | Aston Villa |
| 2011–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| United States | 82 caps, 0 goals |
United States legends whose careers overlapped Friedel's
One rank above: Tim Howard at #5.
One rank below: Brian McBride at #7.
United States's editorial top five: Clint Dempsey · Landon Donovan · Christian Pulisic · Claudio Reyna · Tim Howard.