Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa uses Spanish pun to pick new number at Standard

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Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa uses Spanish pun to pick new number at Standard image

Guillermo Ochoa took advantage of his move to Standard Liege to show a bit of his personality.

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Rather than push for the typical goalkeeper No. 1 shirt, which Jean-Francois Gillet currently is wearing at the Belgian club, the Mexico international decided to go with a play on words. Ochoa is set to wear No. 8 this season.

And while it's an atypical number, it fits the 32-year-old well. The Spanish for eight is "ocho", the first portion of the shot-stopper's surname. The shot-stopper has used the nod to his last name's pronunciation for some time on social media with the tag @yosoy8a, meaning "I am Ocho-a". 

 

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Jon Arnold covered the Mexico national team and Concacaf region in English for Goal until March 2020. His byline also has appeared in the Dallas Morning News, the New York Times Goal blog, FloFC and Pacific Standard. In addition to his written work, he serves as the Concacaf expert on the BBC's World Football Phone-In and has appeared on SiriusXMFC in English and Fox Deportes and Milenio in Spanish. Formerly based in Tijuana and currently living in Texas, Jon covered the 2018 World Cup, the 2015 Copa America, the 2016 Copa America Centenario and the last five Gold Cups.