Mexico announces strong U-20 team for Qualifiers

The Mexican Soccer Federation revealed the 20-player roster that will try and help Mexico's Under-20 team qualify for the Under-20 World Cup.

Of the 20 players, 13 have played in the Primera Division. The clubs that sent the most players are the Guadalajara-based clubs: Chivas, Atlas and Tecos (who are technically based in Zapopan, a suburb of Guadalajara).

Among the teams without any players on the roster are America, Cruz Azul, San Luis and Santos Laguna.

Mexico will arrive at te  CONCACAF U-20 less than a month after  their new coach Juan Carlos Chavez replaced  Jesus Ramirez, who resigned to take over as manager of Mexico City club America.

 

The Mexicansi won 10 CONCACAF U-20 titles between 1962 and 1992, and has qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup 10 times, (second most in CONCACAF). Mexico finished runner-up at the 1997 U-20 World Cup in Tunisia was the first CONCACAF nation to host the FIFA event in 1983.

 

Mexico faces Costa Rica from 4pm at the Marvin Lee Stadium on Saturday  before clashing with Canada on Monday and hosts T&T on Wednesday at the Marvin Lee Stadium.

Mexican Roster

Goalkeepers: Liborio Vicente Sánchez (Chivas), Miguel Ángel Centeno (Toluca).

Defenders: Juan Antonio Ocampo (Chivas), Daniel Montes (Chivas), Néstor Vidrio (Atlas), Christian Sánchez (Atlas), Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez (Atlas), Oswaldo Pantoja (Tecos).

Midfielders: Marco Fabián De la Mora (Chivas), David Cabrera (Pumas), Néstor Calderón (Toluca), César Martínez (Monterrey), Luis Pérez (Necaxa), Luis Fernando Silva (Morelia).

Forwards: Antonio Salazar (Chivas), Julio César Nava (Chivas), Javier Cortés (Pumas), Axel Velázquez (Atlas), Arnhold Rivas (Tecos), Jesús Alberto Dueñas (Tigres).