Real Salt Lake have informed Major League Soccer that Andrew Putna allegedly made comments of a racist nature to fellow goalkeeper David Ochoa, a source confirmed to RSL Soapbox.
A source close to the team informed RSL Soapbox that Putna got into an argument with David Ochoa at RSL’s training. He then made a comment that included racist language towards Ochoa. The exact remark remains unclear, but teammates understood the statement to be racially charged towards the Mexican-American keeper. Ochoa, a California native who came up through the RSL Academy, recently declared for the Mexico National Team over the US.