Mexico has named an alternate squad to face the friendlies to be played against Internacional de Porto Alegre and River Plate in South America. With Liga MX starting their season, a lot of clubs didn’t release players and Coach Javier Aguirre had a lot of trouble getting a list for the non FIFA date friendlies. Mexico will play against Internacional on January 16th in Porto Alegre and then close out their tour facing River Plate on January 21st.
The call up list was the following:
Goalkeepers: Raul Rangel (Chivas), Andres Sanchez (San Luis), Fernando Tapia (Tigres)
Defenders: Jesus Gallardo (Toluca), Jesus Orozco (Chivas), Ramon Juarez (America), Victor Guzman (Monterrey), Jesus Alberto Angulo (Tigres), Eduardo Aguila (San Luis), Jose Castillo (Chivas)
Midfielders: Luis Romo (Cruz Azul), Elias Montiel (Pachuca), Gilberto Mora (Tijuana), Pedro Pedraza (Pachuca), Jeremy Marquez (Atlas), Erik Lira (Cruz Azul), Jorge Ruvalcaba (Pumas), Jose Ramirez (Leon), Rivaldo Lozano (Atlas).