Mexico announced a large list of players for the friendlies against Panama and Nigeria. The call up list is a combination of the U24 team and the Senior team, which leads many to believe that it will be mostly U24 players who will take part in the friendly against Panama on June 30th. Coach Gerardo Martino will use the friendlies as preparation for the Gold Cup, in which Mexico is the defending champion.
The call up list is the following:
Goalkeepers: Guillermo Ochoa (America), Alfredo Talavera (Pumas), Sebastian Jurado (Cruz Azul), Luis Malagon (Necaxa), Rodolfo Cota (Leon), Jonathan Orozco (Tijuana)
Defenders: Edson Alvarez (Ajax), Nestor Araujo (Celta de Vigo), Luis Romo (Cruz Azul), Hector Moreno (Monterrey), Gerardo Arteaga (Genk), Jorge Sanchez (America), Jesus Gallardo (Monterrey), Johan Vasquez (Pumas), Jesus Alberto Angulo (Atlas), Luis Rodriguez (Tigres), Osvaldo Rodriguez (Leon), Cesar Montes (Monterrey), Kevin Alvarez (Pachuca), Carlos Salcedo (Tigres), Gilberto Sepulveda (Chivas)
Midfielders: Hector Herrera (Atletico Madrid), Diego Lainez (Betis), Erick Gutierrez (PSV Eindhoven), Jonathan Dos Santos (LA Galaxy), Andres Guardado (Betis), Carlos Rodriguez (Monterrey), Jesus Ricardo Angulo (Chivas), Orbelin Pineda (Cruz Azul), Uriel Antuna (Chivas), Roberto Alvarado (Cruz Azul), Erick Aguirre (Pachuca), Fernando Beltran (Chivas), Sebastian Cordova (America), Alan Cervantes (Santos), Rodolfo Pizarro (Inter Miami), Joaquin Esquivel (FC Juarez)
Forwards: Hirving Lozano (Napoli), Jesus Corona (Porto), Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey), Jose Juan Macias (Chivas), Eduardo Aguirre (Santos), Alexis Vega (Chivas), Henry Martin (America), Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City)
The biggest news will be that this is the first call up to the National team of just naturalized Rogelio Funes Mori.