Welcome to MLS, Guillermo Ochoa, the Mexican's decision to retire in the US

One of the best players in Mexico in all of history, without a doubt in the case of goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, since it seems that there has been no other player who has been as decisive in world cups as the Mexican has been in the elections in Russia, Brazil and, for Of course Qatar, despite the fact that for many, is not the best in its position in history due to the fact that there have been many of a good level as a goalkeeper.

And despite the fact that he is already a somewhat great player, due to the fact that he is over 39 years old, the player remains in optimal condition to continue being at the highest possible level, not only in the first division, but also in the highest circuit, as he is Europe, for today, is the starting goalkeeper of the Italian league team, Salernitana, despite the fact that he is a foreigner and that he is quite old.

However, based on the fact that the player is already too tired at an age and that he competes with goalkeepers who are much more skilled, that you have better reflexes, that they are faster and that, above all, they are much younger, that does not seem to matter much to Ochoa, well despite the fact that his age is no longer young, he continues to fight to be the best in the Salerni tana team.

In this sense, it can be seen that he has had many offers from the MLS so that he ends his career with a little more level in the economic aspect, not so much in the sports aspect and it seems that the player is already going to make a very important decision about its future and it has a lot to do with the United States league as far as soccer is concerned without a doubt.

Memo Ochoa's decision

Despite the fact that the player has had too many offers from the best MLS teams, it seems that his desire remains the same, which is to remain at the best of levels to continue in Europe and although it is true that for many will already be able to be retired or in a team earning much more money but thinking about his last games it seems that the footballer only has one vision in his mind and that is to be the goalkeeper with the most world cups in history because in 2026 would go for his sixth World Cup.

Guillermo Ochoa's trajectory

Guillermo "Memo" Ochoa has been a professional Mexican footballer for almost 20 years now. He debuted in the year 2004 with Club America in a game against Rayados de Monterrey. He disputed lots of matches with "Las Aguilas" between Liga MX and also Copa Libertadores. He played 332 matches, won 4 titles including the CONCACAF Champions cup and because of his great performances he had the chance to show his skills in Europe.

A curious fun fact from Guillermo Ochoa, is that he was part of the EA Sports FIFA cover in the year 2008 and 2009 along with FC Barcelona legend Ronaldinho.

In July of 2011 he signed 3 years for Ajaccio, the French team. He played the Ligue 1 with the team and face super stars from all the world like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani or Marco Veratti. He stayed in the club till he finished his contract in 2014 and the a transfer to Malaga from La Liga was realized.

Ochoa faced the best teams at that time, FC Barcelona of Lionel Messi and Real Madrid of Cristiano Ronaldo. After that time he moved to Granada FC, also in Spain.

In 2017 Ochoa was transferred to the Belgium team Standard Lieja. He won the Belgian cup and after that he returned to Mexico, to his former team Club America. He stayed there till 2022 when he decided to move to Europe again, to play in Italy for U. S. Salernitana.

Talking about club football, Ochoa has played 735 matches, receiving 1017 goals and keeping 181 clean sheets.

Through out the years Guillermo Ochoa has also been a regular starter in the Mexico national team. He debuted in 2005 and played lots of tournaments. The CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023, winning the cup in every participation except for the first one. He also was the main goalkeeper of the national team in many World Cups.

He was part of the squad in Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010 but didn't participate on the tournaments. For Brazil 2014 he was the starter and played 4 games, receiving only 3 goals. But the Mexico national team was knocked out from the round of 16 in a painful defeat against Netherlands. He made incredible savings, and one of the most memorable games on Guillermo Ochoa's career was the game against the hosts Brazil.

Again he was a starter in Russia 2018, where Mexico reached an historical victory against Germany national team, but again was knocked out in the round of 16 against Brazil. Finally he was also the main keeper for Mexico in Qatar 2022 World Cup, but they couldn't manage to pass the group stages. Ochoa played 3 games and received 3 goals, 1 of those the remembered strike of Lionel Messi.

During his career, Guillermo Memo Ochoa has played for Mexico national team a total of 150 games, receiving 150 goals (1 goal per match average) and keeping 63 clean sheets.

Ochoa won many prizes in his career. He was best Mexican goalkeeper in 2006 and 2007. He even was nominated for the Ballon D'or in 2007.Now is just a matter of time to see what Guillermo Ochoa decides about his future, and to see if he finally arrives to the Major League Soccer.