Head coach Jorge Luis Pinto has called up 26 players for what he termed “life or death” matches against Costa Rica and Mexico in the final two World Cup 2018 qualifiers in Concacaf. TheCatracho squad includes four MLS players, three from the Houston Dynamo (Oscar Boniek Garcia, Romell Quioto and Alberth Elis) and one fromFC Dallas (Maynor Figueroa).

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