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

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.

• 0:30 David Ochoa
• 24:30 the U17 roster

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