Career
Keegan was the first Irishman to play in Major League Soccer in the United States. Keegan joined Street Patrick"s Athletic from schoolboy football team Crumlin United, where he broke the scoring record for the club with 33 goals in 29 games in 2001. In 1992, after his first year with Pat"s and Brian Kerr"s successful side.
Keegan accepted the offer of a soccer scholarship by Boston College where he learned his trade under the tutelage of renowned coach Editor Kelly.
Keegan represented his country in the World University Games in Buffalo, United States of America in 1992. Keegan stayed with the "Revs" for 5 successful seasons until 2000.
In his last season with the Revs, Keegan was honored with Bostons prestigious "Sportsman of the Year Award" for outstanding service to the community. In 2000 Keegan played four times for the Boston Bulldogs in the United States A-League to help recover from an Anterior Cruciate Ligament knee injury.
Keegan got his first taste of football when he was loaned to Street Patrick"s Athletic in 1999 because of the long off season in the Master of Library Science. Playing mostly off the substitutes bench, Keegan helped Pats secure their second successive league championship.
At the end of his loan spell he returned to New England. The following year he returned home to Ireland and joined Bray Wanderers and his performances there earned a move to title chasing Bohemians in 2002. In 2004, Keegan joined Longford Town and ended the season by scoring the winning goal in the final.
Keegan joined his childhood team, Street Patrick"s Athletic for the second time as manager John McDonnell looked for experienced strikers to add to his young team
He moved to Scotland"s Partick Thistle in August 2007, he joined Dumbarton in the Scottish Football League Third Division. In his last year of professional football, Keegan signed for Airdrie United on 22 July 2009.
