Mexico has raised alot of eyebrows by being 6th in the FIFA world rankings and have only made it to the QF's when it hosted WC's '70 & '86.

Mexico has not really done well in Europe and coach Ricardo LaVolpe leaving out Blanco cause he "doesn't fit into his scheme" was really bogus and will to fight really hard to make it out of Group D!!

This post was last modified: 05-11-2006 04:04 AM by Oma.

I think mexico is maybe not one of the favorites to win the cup, but in some way i'm expecting them to get a good place in the cup this time...

They might be the surprise of WC

M�XICO:

Goalies

Oswaldo S�nchez (Chivas Guadalajara, MEX)
Jes�s Corona (Tecos UAG, MEX)
Guillermo Ochoa (Am�rica FC, MEX)

Defenders

Rafael M�rquez (FC Barcelona, ESP)
Jos� Antonio Castro (Am�rica FC, MEX)
Andr�s Guardado (Atlas, MEX)
Ricardo Osorio (Cruz Azul, MEX)
Claudio Su�rez (Chivas USA, EUA)
Carlos Salcido (Chivas Guadalajara, MEX)
Francisco Rodr�guez (Chivas Guadalajara, MEX)
Gonzalo Pineda (Chivas Guadalajara, MEX)
Mario M�ndez (Monterrey, MEX)

Midfielders

Pavel Pardo (Am�rica FC, MEX)
Rafael Garc�a (Atlas, MEX)
Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul, MEX)
Ram�n Morales (Chivas Guadalajara, MEX)
Luis P�rez (Monterrey, MEX)
Antonio Naelson (Toluca, MEX)

Forwards

Jared Borgetti (Bolton, ING)
Omar Bravo (Chivas Guadalajara, MEX)
Jes�s Arellano (Monterrey, MEX)
Guillermo Franco (Villarreal, ESP)
Francisco Fonseca (Cruz Azul, MEX).

DT: Ricardo Lavolpe (argentine)

Sad news out of the Mexico camp!!

The father of Mexico goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez died on Wednesday of a heart attack, leaving his son's status for the World Cup uncertain.
Felipe Sanchez died in Guadalajara, team spokesman Juan Jose Kochen said. He was 52!!

Team officials met early Thursday morning at their hotel to determine whether Sanchez would be available for Mexico's World Cup opener on Sunday against Iran in Nuremberg.
Sanchez had been expected to start.
Coach Ricardo Lavolpe has two other keepers on the roster, Jesus Corona and Guillermo Ochoa, but neither has much international experience.

Sanchez is a big loss to the mexicans as he is a really good keeper

Hate to say this, but compared to the backups Corona and Ochoa...I'd rather see Assistant coach Jorge Campos put the gloves back on than those 2!!

Hugo Sanchez has been appointed the El Tri's new coach. He replaces Ricardo La Volpe, who's back in Argentina coaching Boca Juniors. Maybe he could end up somersaulting the El Tri to the Copa next year

I think mexico is going to be better with Hugo Sanchez

Not really, at this moment Hugo really sucks!

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