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MEXICO CITY, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson dropped Argentine-born striker Guillermo Franco of Villarreal when he named a 23-man squad for Mexico's CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica and Canada next month.
Defender Edgar Castillo of Mexican champions Santos Laguna was also dropped from the 25-man squad Eriksson picked to face Honduras in their first match in Group B of the third qualifying round on Aug. 20.
Former England coach Eriksson's team beat Honduras 2-1 at the Azteca in his competitive debut with Mexico.
Mexico are away to Jamaica on Sept. 6 and at home to Canada four days later.
The top two teams in each of the three four-nation groups will go through to the final six-team round-robin next year from which three will qualify for the 2010 finals in South Africa while the nation finishing fourth plays off against the fifth-placed team in South America.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Oswaldo Sanchez (Santos Laguna), Guillermo Ochoa (America), Jesus Corona (Tecos UAG)
Defenders: Rafael Marquez (Barcelona), Jonny Magallon (Guadalajara), Ricardo Osorio (VfB Stuttgart), Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven), Francisco Rodriguez (PSV Eindhoven), Aaron Galindo (Eintracht Frankfurt), Fausto Pinto (Pachuca)
Midfielders: Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul), Pavel Pardo (VfB Stuttgart), Luis Perez (Monterrey), Fernando Arce (Santos Laguna), Andres Guardado (Deportivo Coruna), Leandro Augusto (Pumas UNAM), Francisco Torres (Santos Laguna)
Forwards: Omar Bravo (Deportivo Coruna), Carlos Vela (Arsenal), Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Chicago Fire), Carlos Ochoa (Monterrey), Matias Vuoso (Santos Laguna), Giovani dos Santos (Tottenham Hotspur).
