Mexico World Cup Squad: Korea-Japan 2002

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Mexico in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
Korea-Japan 2002 was Mexico's twelfth appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Quarter-finals on home soil: Mexico 1970 and Mexico 1986.

Mexico in the 2002 World Cup

Group G

Croatia vs Mexico

Blanco kept his cool to give Mexico the win by a solitary goal, over ten-man Croatia, in their opening Group G match.

Mexico vs Ecuador

Ecuador managed to score their first goal in a World Cup finals but have still to earn a point, as this win puts Mexico three points ahead of Italy.

Mexico vs Italy

Mexico finished top of the group, after drawing this match with Italy.

Knockout Stage

Mexico vs United States (Second Round)

Mexico failed to live up to their expectations and couldn't get past Brad Friedel.

CONMEBOL:
Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol.

Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Asociacion.

Mexico World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Oscar Perez (Cruz Azul)
12 Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara)
23 Jorge Campos (UNAM)

Defenders:

2 Francisco Javier De Anda (Pachuca)
5 Manuel Vidrio (Pachuca)
7 Ramon Morales (Guadalajara)
16 Salvador Carmona (Toluca)
20 Melvin Brown (Cruz Azul)
22 Alberto Rodr�guez (Pachuca)

Midfielders:

4 Rafael Marquez (Monaco)
6 Gerardo Torrado (Seville)
8 Alberto Garcia Aspe (Puebla)
11 Braulio Luna (Amirica)
13 Sigifredo Mercado (Atlas)
14 German Villa (Amirica)
18 Johan Rodriguez (Santos Laguna)
19 Gabriel Caballero (Pachuca)

Forwards:

3 Rafael Garcia (Toluca)
9 Jared Borguetti (Santos Laguna)
10 Cuauthémoc Blanco (Real Valladolid)
15 Luis Hernandez (Amiica)
17 Francisco Palencia (Espanyol)
21 José Arellano (Monterrey)

Trainer:
Javier Aguirre.

Teams by Group

In Korea