Mexico Announces Preliminary Squad For Confederations Cup Playoff

Mexico interim manager Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti has named the 35-man preliminary roster ahead of the Confederations Cup playoff against the U.S. on Oct. 10.
September 15, 2015

Mexico's choices for the Confederations Cup playoff against the U.S. in October have been narrowed to 35. The list includes some very obvious choices like Chicharito Hernandez, Andres Guardado, Carlos Vela and Rafa Marquez. 

The list also includes quite a few Tigres players, probably because El Tri interim manager Ricardo Ferretti is Tigres's manager.

Goalkeepers:

Guillermo Ochoa (Malaga)

Moises Munoz (Club America)

Alfredo Talavera (Toluca)

Jonathan Orozco (Monterrey)

Defenders:

Paul Aguilar (Club America)

Diego Reyes (Real Sociedad)

Rafa Marquez (Hellas Verona)

Hector Moreno (PSV)

Miguel Layun (Porto)

Hector Herrera (Porto)

Oswaldo Alanis (Guadalajara)

Arturo Rivas (Tigres)

Jorge Torres Nilo (Tigres)

Midfielders:

Israel Jimenez (Tigres)

Andres Guardado (PSV)

Jose Juan Vasquez (Leon)

Jesus Duenas (Tigres)

Javier Aquino (Tigres)

Jonathan dos Santos (Villarreal)

Luis Montes (Leon)

Carlos Pena (Leon)

Javier Guemez (Club America)

Forwards:

Oribe Peralta (Club America)

Raul Jimenez (Benfica)

Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad)

Carlos Esquivel (Toluca)

Jesus Corona (Porto)

Chicharito Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen)

Elias Hernandez (Leon)

Jurgen Damm (Tigres)

Giovani dos Santos (LA Galaxy)

Will this roster be enough to get Mexico into the Confederations Cup?

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