Mexico’s First Roster Of World Cup Year Includes Two Usmnt-capped Players

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Javier Aguirre officially announced nan Mexico nationalist team’s first roster of 2026 arsenic World Cup preparations resume, leaning connected in-form Liga MX giants Chivas who supplied 8 players to nan 27-man squad.

Gabriel Milito’s Chivas person won 9 of their astir caller 12 Liga MX games, playing an charismatic marque of shot pinch a squad exclusively made up of Mexican talents. With Aguirre incapable to telephone upon players who are competing successful Europe for nan opening campy of nan year, he’s constructed a roster that includes nan very champion from Liga MX.

But 2 Chivas players specifically were notable surprises successful nan squad fixed they person some been antecedently capped by nan U.S. men’s nationalist team: Richard Ledezma and Brian Gutiérrez.

Both players look to person fixed nan greenish ray to play for Mexico, but according to ESPN, nan brace are awaiting a consequence from a missive Mexico’s shot federation sent U.S. Soccer, positive FIFA’s support to person immoderate chance of representing El Tri astatine nan 2026 World Cup.

Richard Ledezma (left) and Brian Gutiérrez person 3 USMNT caps betwixt them. | Simon Barber/Getty Images

Club América, Cruz Azul and reigning champions Toluca each will proviso 3 players to nan roster, nan joint-second astir of immoderate team. Elsewhere, nan breathtaking Tijuana midfielder Gilberto Mora will purpose to proceed his emergence pinch El Tri and he’ll beryllium joined by Iker Fimbres and Obed Várgas—the only non Liga MX subordinate connected nan roster—the trio that built a prolific midfield successful nan 2025 U–20 World Cup.

Overall, it’s a cohesive roster tin of ending El Tri’s six crippled winless streak it entered nan twelvemonth carrying. The halfway of Mexico’s caller rosters remains intact, pinch an influx of young breathtaking talents that will beryllium eager to impressment Aguirre successful an effort to unafraid 1 of nan last spots successful nan 2026 World Cup roster.

Mexico National Team January 2026 Friendlies

Gilberto Mora headlines Mexico’s January roster. | Martín Fonseca/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images

Mexico is connected a ngo to triumph its first crippled since nan 2025 Gold Cup final, but it’ll person to do truthful connected nan roadworthy and successful beforehand of what are expected to beryllium dispute crowds.

El Tri will first return connected Panama connected Jan. 22 astatine nan Estadio Rommel Fernández, earlier walking to nan suffocating altitude of nan Estadio Olímpico successful Santa Cruz, Bolivia connected Jan. 25, for a bout against a squad that’s preparing for nan 2026 World Cup playoffs.

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