MEXICO FIRST-TEAM TO FACE BULGARIA

Sports | April 14, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Bulgarian football team coach Plamen Markov announced its 18-man roster for the upcoming friendly at Giants Stadium on Wednesday, April 17 at 9:00 p.m. ET against Mexico. Among them are Zdravko Zdravkov, Yordan Gospodinov, Georgi Peev, Mitko Trendafilov, Svetoslav Todorov. Martin Petrov was removed. Headlining the first-team roster of World Cup-bound Mexico and coach Javier Aguirre will be prominent Mexican stars Cuahutemoc Blanco (Valladolid, Spain), Francisco Palencia (Espanyol, Spain), Luis Hernandez (America), and Alberto Garcia Aspe (Puebla). Mexico will be making their 14th appearance in this summer's World Cup in Japan/South Korea. Anschutz Entertainment Group, owner/operator of the MetroStars, is marketing Mexico's U.S. tour prior to the World Cup. The Mexicans are grouped with Croatia, Italy, and Ecuador in this summer's World Cup competition.Bulgaria will be making their second playing appearance in New York/New Jersey in less than a month, following their March 27 international friendly against Ecuador at Giants Stadium.

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