A five-year pro, Keel returns for a second season with the Timbers in 2010.

 

2009: Started 27 of his 29 appearances in his first season with the Timbers ... Helped club to the USL First Division Commissioner’s Cup (regular-season championship) ... Played all but one game during the Timbers’ record-setting 24-game unbeaten streak from April 30-Sept. 3 ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 road win over Austin Sept. 7 ... Named to the USL First Division Team of the Week in Weeks 16, 21, 23 ... A regular on Portland’s backline that shared the league lead for fewest goals allowed (19) during the regular season ...

 

2008: Started six matches and played 540 minutes for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer ... Appeared in 10 MLS Reserve Division matches with the club’s reserve squad.

 

2007: Played in four matches (1 start) for the Rapids, logging 177 minutes ... Made his MLS debut June 28 vs. D.C. United, coming on as a sub ... Started all 10 MLS Reserve Division matches ... Led the Rapids Reserves to 7-0-3 record and a second straight MLS Reserve Division championship ... Named MLS Magazine’s Reserve Player of the Year as well as the team’s Reserve Player of the Year ... Trained for two weeks with Mexican First Division team Pachuca in January.

 

2006: Anchored the backline for Colorado’s Reserve team ... Was the only Rapids player to play every minute of the MLS Reserve Division ... Guided the Rapids Reserves to the MLS Reserve Division title ... Honored as Colorado’s Reserve Player of the Year ... Was loaned to the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division during the season ... Played in 10 games over two stints with Seattle.

 

2005: Attended the Rapids’ open tryout ... Signed by the Rapids on July 11 ... Started six matches for the Rapids' reserve squad and recorded an assist.

 

COLLEGE: Played collegiate career at Wake Forest University ... Recorded 13 goals and eight assists in 62 matches ... Helped the Demon Deacons capture the Atlantic Coast Conference title as a sophomore in 2002 ... Led Wake Forest to the NCAAtournament in each of his final seasons, including the 2004 tournament as the No. 1 seed.

 

PERSONAL: Was considered one of the city of Denver’s top singles by 5280 Magazine in their Feb. 2009 issue ... Has two bulldogs, named Winston and Jasmine ... Roots for all professional Colorado sports teams ... Hobbies include skiing ... Likes all types of music, but claims the band O.A.R. as his favorite artist.