Saturday 7th March 2009
Cardenas gets Mexico call-up
Jose Maria Cardenas earned a first international call-up after the Pachuca forward was included in Mexico`s squad.
He is in the squad that will face Bolivia in a warm-up game ahead of the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson named a 22-man squad comprised totally of Mexico-based players to face Erwin Sanchez's side in Denver on Wednesday.
Mexico will host Costa Rica on March 28 as they look to bounce back from the 2-0 defeat to the USA, while Bolivia visit Colombia the same day before meeting Argentina three days later.
Mexico squad to play Bolivia in Denver on March 11:
Guillermo Ochoa (America), Jesus Corona (Tecos), Oscar Rojas, Juan Carlos Valenzuela, Edgar Castillo (three America), Paul Aguilar, Leobardo Lopez (both Pachuca), Julio Cesar Dominguez, Fausto Pinto (both Cruz Azul), Hugo Ayala (Atlas), Israel Martinez (San Luis), Fernando Arce (Santos), Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul), Leandro Augusto (Pumas), Pavel Pardo (America), Luis Perez (Monterrey), Antonio Naelson (Toluca), Jose Cardenas (Pachuca), Cesar Villaluz (Cruz Azul), Omar Bravo (Tigres), Matias Vuoso (Santos), Sergio Santana (Toluca).
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