One of Jaime Lozano’s chief tasks when he was put in charge of the Mexico national team last summer was to make its talent pool deeper and younger. Which brings us to Saturday’s friendly with Colombia, to be played in front of an expected crowd of more than 60,000 at the Coliseum.
Fifteen of the 22 players Lozano called up have never played for the national team; 10 of them are 23 or younger. It is one of the youngest and least-experienced rosters in the history of the national team, and many of those selected haven’t played in a game since their club seasons ended a month ago.