David Ochoa

In this week's episode of Off the Crossbar, Matt, Kyle and Trevor discuss: Real Salt Lake's new stadium sponsor, America First Credit Union, including the rebranded name of the stadium, America First Field The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival RSL's 0-0 draw against D.C. United The return of David Ochoa to RSL's stadium and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of Off the Crossbar, Matt, Kyle and Trevor talk RSL's 3-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City, plus: Why we're all just ready to be done with the David Ochoa drama Realistic targets for Real Salt Lake signings Real Monarchs 2-2 draw with Chelsea Ad hoc pod trivia and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Ochoa's time at RSL has already looked to have no signs of life, but statements from the player may indicate something deeper — plus, Matt, Trevor, Colin and Ian discuss RSL's roster needs following the departures of Everton Luiz and Jonathan Menendez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of Off the Crossbar, Matt, Kyle and Trevor are excited about RSL's first multi-goal victory in 2022. They also discuss: The return of Jefferson Savarino An updated timeframe for Damir Kreilach's return David Ochoa and his prospects with RSL A potential U22 Initiative signing and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of Off the Crossbar, Matt, Kyle and Trevor are back to discuss Real Salt Lake's victory over Austin FC, plus: Kilby Court Block Party, tattoos, and more in Social Hour™ (which lasts about 40 minutes, if you're itching to skip forward, I guess) The latest with David Ochoa's absence and what we might expect in the future Bobby Wood's performance, including drawing the foul that put Austin FC down a man and a whole lot more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What's gone wrong with Real Salt Lake? That's the big question Matt, Kyle and Trevor are asking this week after a performance that had very little good to it. They also talk about: David Ochoa's "excused personal absence" against Nashville Sebastian Saucedo's release by Pumas Pablo Ruiz's international intentions Damir Kreilach's injury A Salt Lake Tribune profile of Pablo Mastroeni — and how it relates specifically to an issue raised by Aaron Herrera on Saturday and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Real Salt Lake’s David Ochoa sits down with Alexi Lalas and David Mosse to breakdown his team’s incredible playoff run last season and what MLS fans can expect from RSL this year. Later, Ochoa opens up about his time with the USMNT and why he ultimately switched to the Mexican national team. Finally, We made picks for who will win the big World Cup Qualifying game between the USMNT and Mexico on Thursday and looked at who’s the GOAT goalkeeper for Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marichal, a Cuban-American professor of political science at California Lutheran University, joins to talk about recognition, mis-recognition, identity, and some of the deeper themes underneath the Mexican-American dual national's choice about which national soccer team to play for. No hard conclusions drawn, just some new (for me, Belz) ways to think about the issue.

Alexi and Mosse kick off the show with a look at UEFA Qualifying and breakdown why Italy or Portugal will be out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup (08:45). The guys then look at all the action surrounding Europe’s Top 5 Leagues including, Manchester United’s new coach, Neymar’s big injury, La Liga’s struggles in the Champions League, Haaland’s return and so much more (24:30). Then the guys take a deep dive into the MLS playoffs, why RSL’s David Ochoa is a great villain, and preview the upcoming conference finals (36:27). The guys then pick potential U.S. venues for the 2026 World Cup, pick their most improved USMNT team player of 2021, and breakdown the Michigan vs. Ohio State college football game (1:04:15). Finally Alexi sends up off with a quick preview of his upcoming trip to Qatar and what we can expect from his travels (1:23:33). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Off the Crossbar, Matt and Kyle are joined by Mark Kastner, writer at Sounder at Heart, for a discussion of Real Salt Lake's playoff victory over Seattle. We talk: How Seattle got to where they were David Ochoa's performance and successful riling up of the crowd and much more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of Off the Crossbar, Matt, Kyle and Trevor talk: Justin Meram being called up to the Iraq National Team Douglas Martinez being loaned to San Diego Loyal Speculation on the latest with David Ochoa RSL's loss to Colorado Rapids Freddy Juarez's comments following RSL's loss to Colorado and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Off the Crossbar, Matt, Kyle and Trevor talk: The need for podcast counseling services Slight movement on the ownership front — but nothing definite David Ochoa's absence and his decision to choose Mexico Former RSL coaches and their recent endeavors Freddy Juarez's defensive stance A look at a win over Austin FC that should have been better A must-win match against Houston Dynamo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alexi and Mosse open the show with the latest MLS news which includes, a recap of Sunday’s Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders rivalry game, an explanation of where NYCFC ranks in Alexi’s Top 5 MLS teams, Atlanta United’s new coaching hire Gonzalo Pineda, and NYRB’s struggle for relevancy (08:40). They then look at the Leagues Cup competition and question the lineup choices SKC head coach Peter Vermes made in his 6-1 defeat vs. Leon at the Leagues Cup. Then the guys move to Concacaf Champions League to breakdown Philadelphia Union’s loss to America and answer the age old question, will we ever see an MLS team win the competition (33:03). We then run through all of the European soccer news, Pulisic’s goal at Chelsea, Joe Scally’s Bundesliga debut, Messi’s PSG saga, and so much more in the European Roundup (44:12). Questions about how the USMNT’s style of play in the Gold Cup and Nation’s League left fans concerned about the future of the team, David Ochoa’s decision to commit to Mexico, and what the soccer equivalent of the Field of Dreams baseball game would be are all answered in #AskAlexi (1:00:53). Finally, Alexi ends the show with a celebration of Carli Lloyd’s decorated career as she announces her retirement from soccer in another remote edition of the State of the Union Podcast (1:18:52). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest news on the dual national front is that David Ochoa, the promising young Mexican-American goalkeeper who’s played for the US youth national teams since he was an adolescent and was the starter on the Olympic qualifying roster, is likely to switch and play for Mexico. Joining the pod to talk about the dual national dilemma is Herculez Gomez.

Megan Webb fills in for Lucas Muller this week to talk: RSL's loss to LAFC David Ochoa's stellar performance RSL injury report RSL vs. LA Galaxy on Wednesday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt, Kyle and Trevor talk: Toni Datkovic's arrival in the U.S., as well as Jony Menendez's David Ochoa and the Mexican National Team Ownership rumors emerge again RSL's 4-0 win over Vancouver Damir Kreilach's RSL tenure and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Soapbox Standup, Miles talks about: RSL's huge win over Vancouver David Ochoa's potential Mexico switch The U.S. in the Gold Cup The EURO 2020 final and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the May 31st edition of Soapbox Standup. Soapbox Standup is a weekly podcast bringing you the latest headlines about Real Salt Lake in a 15 minute episode, published every Monday morning. This week, we cover: Real Salt Lake’s 1-1 draw against Minnesota United Real Monarchs’ 2-0 loss to Austin Bold Real Monarchs game postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test Allegations that an Austin Bold player used a homophobic slur against a Monarchs player The Riot and Wasatch Legion launch fund raiser to support Project Rainbow David Ochoa with the USMNT Jonathan Menéndez officially announced by RSL Inter Miami fined Real Monarchs vs. New Mexico United preview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of Soapbox Breakfast, we're talking: RSL's goalkeeper selection with David Ochoa out Who gets the nod in midfield? Home-field advantage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the May 3rd edition of Soapbox Standup. Soapbox Standup is a weekly podcast bringing you the latest headlines about Real Salt Lake in a 15 minute episode, published every Monday morning. This week, we cover: RSL’s win over Sporting Kansas City The club reverses the decision to have digitals ads on the broadcast MLS cracking down on racist and abusive language. Text stadium operations 801-996-4042 or speak to a CSC staff member to report an issue. RSL have reportedly made an offer for winger Jonathan Menendez David Ochoa’s post game punt Real Monarchs’ season opener RSL’s hosts San Jose Earthquakes on Friday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices