Mexico coach Jos&eacute; Manuel de la Torre on Monday unveiled his squad for the upcoming friendly against the Super Eagles of Nigeria on May 31 at Reliant Stadium.<br /><br />The North Americans are using the friendly against the African champions to fine-tune strategies ahead of the resumption of World Cup qualifiers, where they battle <span class="notranslate">Jamaica, Panama and Costa Rica,</span> as well as the Fifa Confederations Cup .<br /><br />There is no place in the squad for <span class="st">Real Sociedad.</span>striker Carlos Vela despite earlier reports suggesting that he could return to El Tricolor for the friendly against Nigeria.<br /><br />Nevertheless, <span class="notranslate">Jose Manuel de la Torre has selected a strong squad, including the likes of Manchester United's Javier </span><span class="notranslate"><span class="notranslate">Hernandez, Mallorca's Giovanni dos Santos and Espanyol's Hector Moreno.<br /><br />An analysis revealed that three goalkeepers, six defenders, nine midfielders and five strikers made the squad.<br /><br />The Europe based players will fly directly to Houston, venue of the friendly while the local players are expected to arrive camp on Thursday, May 23.<br /><br /><u><b>Mexico Squad</b></u><br /><b><br />Goalkeepers</b>: </span></span><span class="notranslate">Jesus Corona, </span><span class="notranslate">Guillermo Ochoa and </span><span class="notranslate">Alfredo Talavera<br /><br /><b>Defenders</b>: Severo Meza, </span><span class="notranslate">Francisco 'Maza' Rodriguez</span>, <span class="notranslate">Hiram Mier, Diego Reyers, </span><span class="notranslate">Hector Moreno and </span><span class="notranslate">Jorge Torres Nilo<br /><b><br />Midfielders</b>: </span><span class="notranslate"><span class="notranslate">Jesus Molina, </span></span><span class="notranslate"><span class="notranslate"><span class="notranslate">Hector Herrera, </span></span></span><span class="notranslate">Carlos Salcido, </span><span class="notranslate">Andres Guardado, </span><span class="notranslate">Jesus Zavala, </span><span class="notranslate">Angel Reyna, Javier Aquino,</span><span class="notranslate">Gerardo Torrado and </span><span class="notranslate">Pablo Barrera<br /><br /><b>Strikers</b>: </span><span class="notranslate">Giovani dos Santos, </span><span class="notranslate">Oribe Peralta, </span><span class="notranslate">Aldo de Nigris, </span><span class="notranslate">Raul Jimenez and </span><span class="notranslate">Javier Hernandez</span>