Football World Cup 2002: Friedel keeps Yanks in Cup; MEXICO v USA, Second Round, 7.30am, Daejeon.(Sport) From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: June 17, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE USA, and Blackburn's favourite adopted World Cup hero, know they are riding the glory wave and that sooner or later there's a giant reality check about to hit them.

But in Blackburn Rovers' keeper Brad Friedel's words: ``Hey, who cares! With this luck. maybe reality won't hit us.''

The 32-year-old has become the penaltysaving king of the World Cup Finals, pulling off another in the 3-1 defeat by Poland that didn't stop the USA's charge into the last 16 - ...