[1] After graduating from high school, he entered St. Louis University where he played on the men's soccer team, coached by his father from 1975 to 1978.
While still with the Sockers, Keough also played with the St. Louis Steamers in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1980 to 1985.
In 1985, the Steamers traded him to the Kansas City Comets where he spent a single season before retiring from playing professionally.
However, President Jimmy Carter declared that the United States would boycott the games after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
After retiring from playing, Keough entered the coaching ranks with Washington University in his hometown of St. Louis.