SOCCER: MEXICO'S AUDITIONS TURN ROSY.Byline: SCOTT FRENCH Staff Writer PASADENA - Gerardo Torrado Gerardo Torrado Diez de Bonilla (born 30 April, 1979 in Mexico City) is an international Mexican football player, currently playing as a defensive midfielder for Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México. can feel the mounting pressure as FIFA's May 15 deadline for World Cup rosters nears. Ricardo Lavolpe last month narrowed Mexico's list to 26 players, leaving three trims to be made. ``Yeah, there's some tension,'' said Torrado, a ballwinning midfielder
In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). who played in the 2002 World Cup. ``The team is training as hard as it can, but we know three people will leave. It's not an easy decision, but it's a decision that has to be made.'' Lavolpe and his staff have two last chances to see the candidates in real action, and tonight's encounter against Venezuela at the Rose Bowl (8p.m.) could have great bearing on who heads to Germany and who remains home. Torrado, never one of Lavolpe's favorites, is a prime candidate for dismissal. He might need to demonstrate some as-yet-undiscovered flair tonight or next week in Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi against Congo. Speculation also has midfielder Jaime Lozano Jaime Arturo Lozano Espín (born September 29, 1979 in Mexico City) is a Mexican football player who, as of 2006 was playing for UANL Tigres. In Tigres, he plays midfielder position with the number 21. , so good at the start of qualifying and so poor lately, on the chopping block, along with defender Mario Mendez and possibly Israel Lopez. Brazilian-born midfielder Zinho, who tonight will make his first appearance since suffering a torn meniscus meniscus /me·nis·cus/ (me-nis´kus) pl. menis´ci [L.] something of crescent shape, as the concave or convex surface of a column of liquid in a pipet or buret, or a crescent-shaped cartilage in the knee joint. two months ago while playing for Toluca, has promised he'll pull out if he's not ready. scott.french@dailynews.com (818) 713-3627 |
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