MEXICO
Chivas crisis epitomised with no players called up for Mexico squad
Jaime Lozano announced his squad for the friendlies against Ghana and Germany with a series of changes from the September friendly games.
The Mexican national team continues to prepare for the Concacaf Nations League with the 2024 Copa América and 2026 World Cup looming large on the horizon. El Tri coach Jaime Lozano confirmed the list of 26 players who will be involved as Mexico face Ghana and Germany. The squad features a series of changes from the list who played in the last round of September friendly games.
Dropped by Lozano
Chivas and Club America have always been the source of homegrown talent for the Mexican team and for the first time in a considerable while, an El Tri features no players from the Sacred Flock as the club undergo a complicated period both on and off the field with Alexis Vega the key absentee.
Lozano passes up on the following:
Gilberto Sepúlveda - Chivas
Jesus Angulo - Tigres
Jesús Gilberto Orozco Chiquete - Chivas
Julián Araujo - Las Palmas
Carlos Rodríguez - Cruz Azul
Hector Herrera - Houston Dynamo
Alexis Vega - Chivas
Roberto Alvarado - Chivas
Jaime Lozano’s squad to face Ghana and Germany
Lozano offered a list of 26 players at the FMF headquarters in Toluca which include four goalkeepers as Pumas stopper Julio González gets a call-up.
Goalkeepers
Guillermo Ochoa (Salernitana)
Julio González (Pumas)
Antonio Rodríguez (Xolos)
Luis Ángel Malagón (Club América)
Defenders
Kevin Alvarez (Club America)
Ramon Juarez (Club America)
Gerardo Arteaga (KRC Genk - Belgium)
César Montes (Almería - Spain)
Johan Vásquez (Genoa - Italy)
Victor Guzmán (Pachuca)
Jorge Sánchez (Porto - Portugal)
Jesús Gallardo (Rayados)
Midfielders
Luis Romo (Cruz Azul)
Erick Sánchez (Pachuca)
Edson Álvarez (West Ham United - England)
Marcel Ruiz (Toluca)
Jordi Cortizo (Rayados)
Sebastián Córdova (Tigres)
Luis Chávez (Dynamo Moscow - Russia)
Forwards
César Huerta (Pumas)
Henry Martin (Club America)
Santiago Giménez (Feyenoord - Netherlands)
Hirving Lozano (PSV Eindhoven - Netherlands)
Raúl Jiménez (Fulham - England)
Orbelín Pineda (AEK Athens - Greece)
Uriel Antuna (Cruz Azul)
Mexico’s October games
The Mexican national team will play its first match of the international window on 14 October in Charlotte against Ghana. On the 17th of the same month, the Aztecs will face the powerful Germany in Philadelphia.