We've made our guess about who Mexico will call in to face the United States (and Panama) as it begins World Cup qualification, but it's a rare soccer writer that can't tell you the difference between what he or she thinks will happen and what should happen.
Projecting Mexico's roster for Hex matches
You've read the projection (if you haven't go ahead and click the link above and then come back. Back? Great.), who we think actually will be there. But here are Goal's picks for the 23-man El Tri squad if we ruled the world:
Goalkeepers: Alfredo Talavera (Toluca), Guillermo Ochoa (Granada), Moises Munoz (Club America)
Defenders: Hector Moreno (PSV), Miguel Layun (Porto), Carlos Salcedo (Fiorentina), Diego Reyes (Espanyol), Jorge Torres Nilo (Tigres), Jesus Duenas (Tigres), Jesus Sanchez (Chivas), Jordan Silva (Toluca)
Midfielders: Hector Herrera (Porto), Andres Guardado (PSV), Javier Aquino (Tigres), Marco Fabian (Eintracht Frankfurt), Giovani dos Santos (LA Galaxy), Jesus Molina (Santos Laguna), Orbelin Pineda (Chivas)
Forwards: Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen), Raul Jimenez (Benfica), Hirving Lozano (Pachuca), Jesus "Tecatito" Corona (Porto), Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad)
WHY PINEDA SHOULD BE IN
It's not out of the realm of possibility that Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio calls in Chivas central midfielder Orbelin Pineda, but he didn't make our projection in part because of a low minute total with El Tri.