[AMOROSO!]

Mexico coach Javier Aguirre named his World Cup squad yesterday over a month in advance. Mexico captain Suarez is missing out due to injury, but fal- hero veterans Jorge Campos and Luis Hernandez will be there. This will be Campos' third World Cup.

The squad:

GK Oscar Perez (Cruz Azul)
GK Jorge Campos (UNAM)
GK Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara)

DEF Manuel Vidrio (Pachuca)
DEF Francisco Gabriel De Anda (Pachuca)
DEF Melvin Brown (Cruz Azul)
DEF Alberto Rodriguez (Pachuca)
DEF Salvador Carmona (Toluca)
DEF Rafael Marquez (Monaco, France)

MID Sigifredo Mercado (Atlas)
MID Rafael Garcia (Toluca)
MID Gabriel Caballero (Pachuca)
MID Ramon Morales (Guadalajara)
MID Gerardo Torrado (Sevilla, Spain)
MID German Villa (America)
MID Alberto Garcia Aspe (Puebla)
MID Braulio Luna (Nexaca)
MID Johan Rodriguez (Santos Laguna)

FRW Jesus Arellano (Monterrey)
FRW Francisco Palencia (Espanyol, Spain)
FRW Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Valladolid, Spain)
FRW Jared Borgetti (Santos Laguna)
FRW Luis Hernandez (America)

 

[GarethUK]

Glad to see Blanco in there.

Has he got any new tricks to show the world after his audacious 'bunny-hop' from France 98?

 

[colocolo]

Glad to see Blanco in there.

I always knew he'd be there....his blackmailing the Femefut didnt really last that long .........

 

[AMOROSO!]

So what will be Mexico's likely starting line up? Are the old timers like Arellano and Garcia Aspe still starters? Is Campos starting?