The United States and Mexico face off Wednesday night at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas (kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT; TV: Telemundo, FoxSports World, HDNet, live, 8:30 p.m. ET).
The game is the 49th meeting between the two teams. Mexico leads the series with a 28-10-10 (W-L-T) record but the United States is 5-3-1 under Coach Bruce Arena.
For both teams, the match is a warmup before the second round of World Cup 2006 qualifying in the CONCACAF zone in June.
Arena has called in 17 MLS players and Conor Casey, whose 13 goals with German Second Division club Karlsruhe tied Joe-Max Moore's record for the most goals by an American-born and -bred player in a European pro league.
Mexican coach Ricardo Lavolpe brought only two players (Salvador Carmona and Jared Borgetti) who faced the United States in the 2002 World Cup. He included four players (Diego Martinez, Mario Perez, Francisco Rodriguez and Luis Perez) from his under-20 team that beat the United States, 4-0, in February to qualify for the 2004 Olympics.
Mexican star Cuauhtemoc Blanco was scratched from the traveling party to Dallas because of unidentified legal issues in the United States.
USA-MEXICO: Last 10 games
May 8, 2003 Tie 0-0 Friendly Houston
June 17, 2002 USA 2-0 World Cup Jeonju, South Korea
April 3, 2002 USA 1-0 Friendly Denver
July 1, 2001 Mexico 1-0 World Cup qualifier Mexico City
Feb. 28, 2001 USA 2-0 World Cup qualifier Columbus, Ohio
Oct. 25, 2000 USA 2-0 Friendly Los Angeles
June 11, 2000 USA 3-0 U.S. Cup 2000 East Rutherford, N.J.
Aug. 1, 1999 Mexico 1-0 (OT) Friendly Mexico City
March 13, 1999 Mexico 2-1 U.S. Cup 1999 San Diego
Feb. 15, 1998 Mexico 1-0 Gold Cup Los Angeles
USA-MEXICO: Rosters
USA
GOALKEEPERS
Kevin Hartman (Los Angeles Galaxy) 2 caps/0 goals
Jonny Walker (MetroStars) 2/0
DEFENDERS
Chris Albright (Los Angeles) 9/1
Ritchie Kotschau (Colorado) 12/1
Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado) 0/0
Frankie Hejduk (Columbus) 55/5
Eddie Pope (MetroStars) 59/5
MIDFIELDERS
Chris Armas (Chicago Fire) 52/2
DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago) 30/4
Bobby Convey (D.C. United) 21/1
Richard Mulrooney (San Jose) 14/0
Pat Noonan (New England) 1/0
Kerry Zavagnin (Kansas City) 4/0
FORWARDS
Conor Casey (Karlrsuhe/GER) 1/0
Landon Donovan (San Jose) 47/15
Jovan Kirovski (Los Angeles) 60/9
Taylor Twellman (New England) 6/0
Josh Wolff (Kansas City) 22/6
MEXICO
GOALKEEPERS
Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara)
Moises Munoz (Morelia)
DEFENDERS
Omar Briceno (Tigres)
Ricardo Osorio (Cruz Azul)
Salvador Carmona (Guadalajara)
Francisco Rodriguez (Guadalajara)
Mario Perez (Necaxa)
Duilio Davino (Club America)
Hector Altamirano (Santos)
Mario Mendez (Toluca)
MIDFIELDERS
Diego Martinez (Necaxa)
Rafael Garcia (Toluca)
Israel Lopez (Toluca)
Pavel Pardo (Club America)
Octavio Valdez (Pachuca)
FORWARDS
Omar Bravo (Guadalajara)
Jared Borgetti (Santos)
Emilio Mora (Veracruz)
Jose de Jesus Mendoza (Club America)