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Big-name absences overshadow players present on Mexico's Gold Cup roster

While stars like Raul Jimenez and Hirving Lozano are on the list, the names not called by Tata Martino on Tuesday are tough to ignore

Tata Martino sat down and started listing names.

"Guillermo Ochoa, Jonathan Orozco..."

The roster the Mexico manager was reading off included 29 players, but six of them will be sheared after June friendly matches leaving the base as his 23-man Gold Cup squad.

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"Carlos Salcedo, Cesar Montes, Hector Moreno..."

The manger hardly has a flair for the dramatic, but it was starting to get good.