Episode 68: David Ochoa joins the pod, plus the U17 World Cup qualifying roster reaction with Hartman

Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America

Adam Belz

Yanks Abroad, Sports, Youth National Teams, U20 National Team, Mls, American Soccer, Soccer, U17 National Team, Men's National Team, Usmnt, Us Soccer

4.7 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Real Monarchs, RSL and U.S. U20 goalkeeper David Ochoa joins the pod to talk about how he learned to be a goalkeeper from his dad, his path from Oxnard, Calif., to Chivas, to Real Salt Lake, his decision to sign a Homegrown contract with RSL and how he practices saving Alex Mendez free kicks. Then Matt Hartman (@mattshartman) joins to talk about the USA’s U17 Concacaf Championship roster. Omissions, strengths, weaknesses, you know the drill.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Scuffed Podcast. I'm Adam Bells in Minneapolis. With me is Greg Velasquez and
0:06.1	Des Moines. We talk about U.S. men's soccer. Our guest today is David Achola, the goalkeeper for the Real monarchs and the USU-20s. The in the first five games for one of the better teams in America's second tier.
0:34.0	He also made his first MLS match day roster over the weekend for Rayal Salt Lake, sitting on the bench
0:39.2	behind Nick Raimondo and a 3-0 win over Cincinnati.
0:42.4	David, welcome to the podcast. and a three zero win over Cincinnati.
0:43.0	David, welcome to the podcast.
0:45.0	I thank you.
0:46.0	Thank you for having me.
0:47.0	You bet.
0:48.0	Let's start from the beginning.
0:50.0	You grew up just outside of LA right?
0:53.0	Yeah in Oxnard, California, just like an hour and a half north of LA.
0:58.0	Okay.
0:59.0	So how did you get into soccer?
1:02.0	My dad said soccer and it just kind of went down to me so he got me into soccer at a young age.
1:08.0	I was like four years old and he's actually a goalkeeper as well so that's how I became a goalkeeper.
1:14.0	Okay, so you were a goalkeeper from the beginning, sounds like.
1:18.0	Yeah, from the beginning.
1:20.0	What do you, I like to ask people this, what do your parents do for a living this they still live in Oxnard?
1:26.0	Yeah, they're still living in Oxnard so my dad is using the construction business and then my mom is just to stay at home.
1:34.0	Okay. So you have many siblings? Any siblings?
1:37.4	Yeah, I do. I'm the oldest of six.
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