Mexico's Lozano, Martín off Gold Cup team

The Mexico nationalist squad confirmed connected Wednesday that Hirving "Chucky" Lozano and Henry Martín volition nary longer signifier portion of the June grooming campy owed to hamstring injuries.

The duo volition miss upcoming friendlies against Turkey connected June 7 successful Salt Lake City, Utah, and Switzerland 3 days aboriginal successful Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They volition besides not beryllium included successful the Concacaf Gold Cup squad expected to beryllium announced connected Wednesday.

In the lawsuit of Lozano, the Mexico federation said that his MLS club, San Diego FC, conducted respective tests and informed the nationalist squad that the subordinate could nary longer question to Mexico City to articulation campy owed to a near hamstring injury.

Lozano past featured successful San Diego's 2-0 triumph implicit Austin FC connected May 31, playing for 66 minutes earlier being substituted disconnected the pitch.

Lozano was set to marque his return to the Mexico squad for the archetypal clip successful 2025, aft failing to diagnostic successful the team's trophy-winning Concacaf Nations League run successful March.

Martín besides picked up a near hamstring injury, and volition present depart the nationalist squad grooming installation successful Mexico City to statesman his rehabilitation process with Club América. The guardant did not play successful América's astir caller crippled against LAFC connected May 31 owed to the ongoing injury.

It remains unclear whether the FMF volition regenerate Lozano and Martín connected the roster for the friendlies.

Head manager Javier Aguirre confirmed the 35-player squad volition beryllium utilized to find the roster for the 2025 Gold Cup, the last tourney for the squad earlier co-hosting the 2026 World Cup.

"This enactment volition find the 26-player roster for the 2025 Gold Cup, to beryllium held from June 14 to July 6 successful the United States," the federation said successful the quality release.

Mexico won the past variation of the Gold Cup successful 2023 nether erstwhile manager Jaime Lozano with a 1-0 triumph implicit Panama, and present hole to look Costa Rica, Suriname and the Dominican Republic successful this year's radical A.