USA vs Mexico Set to Kick Off on Saturday in Rio Rancho, Rosters Released

by Andres Trujillo

Rio Rancho, N.M. (August 23, 2019) – This Saturday August 24th, 2019 will be roaring with US and Mexico soccer fans at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho as US Soccer legend Landon Donovan will lead the way for Team USA against Team Mexico in an International arena soccer friendly. Rosters have been officially released for both Team USA and Team Mexico.

The exciting part of this friendly is that two New Mexico Runners (MASL2) players will be featured on the field and play against each other. MASL2 league MVP and Runners Forward Jaime “Chiva” Rodriguez will play on Team Mexico with Forward Miguel “Miggy” Garcia playing alongside Landon Donovan and Team USA.

New Mexico’s Head Coach Steve Famiglietta will be assisting Team USA in the match where they will also select and suit up a player to play in the game on Saturday from the combine on Friday night at the Santa Ana Star Center.

Team USA  
GK – Jose Resendiz (Chicago Mustangs)
D – Uzi Tayou (Ontario Fury)
D – Alex Lopez (Chicago Mustangs)
D – De Bray Hollimon (Ontario Fury)
D – Manny Adjei (Cincinnati Swerve)
M – Eli Galbraith-Knapp (Sockers 2)
M – Taylor Bond (San Diego Sockers)
M – Roger Castellano (Denver Combine Selection)
M – Chad Hagerty (Sockers 2) M – Francisco Torres
M – Landon Donovan (San Diego Sockers)
M – Tristan Austin (Denver Combine Selection)
M – Kasey McDonald (Denver Combine Selection)
F – Marc Hansson (Cincinnati Swerve)
F – Miguel Garcia (New Mexico Runners)                           
F – Franck Tayou (Ontario Fury)

Staff 
Head Coach Phil Salvagio (San Diego Sockers)
Assistant Coach Craig Rhodis (Cincinnati Swerve)
Assistant Coach Steve Famiglietta (New Mexico Runners) 
Athletic Trainer Paul Savage (San Diego Sockers)
Team Mexico
GK – Diego Reynoso (Monterrey Flash/Don Roge)
D – Emmanuel Aguirre (San Diego Sockers/Matamoros)
D – Raymundo Contreras (San Diego Sockers)
D – Luis Medrano (Savage Chihuahua)
D – Roberto Escalante (Monterrey/Savage Chihuahua)
D – Marco Tovar (Monterrey Flash/Gokay)
M – Mitchell Cárdenas (Rio Grande Valley Barracudas)
M – Edgar Flores (Monterrey Flash/Gokay)
M – Hugo Puentes (Orlando/Savage Chihuahua)
M – Erick Ponce (Rio Grande Valley/Matamoros)
M – Carlos Hernandez (Rio Grande Valley/Reynosa)
F – Moises Gonzalez (Utica City/Matamoros)
 F – Jaime Rodriguez (New Mexico Runners)
F – David Gonzalez (Savage Chihuahua)

Staff
Head Coach Rene Ortiz (San Diego Sockers)
Assistant Coach Luis Jaime Borrego (Monterrey Flash)
Assistant Coach Victor Melendez (San Diego Sockers)

The USA vs. Mexico International Arena Soccer friendly presented by the New Mexico Runners professional arena soccer team and the Santa Ana Star Center is slated for Saturday August 24th, 2019 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, NM. Doors open at 6 PM with a 7 PM kick and tickets for the game are available at http://santaanastarcenter.com/ . Tickets start at $15 and group discounts of 10 or more tickets purchased are available by calling 505-891-7319.

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