Mexico Preliminary Roster for Copa America Centenario announced

Juan Carlos Osorio has released his 40-man preliminary roster ahead of the Copa America Centenario, which will take place across the United States from June 3-26.

The roster includes a group of World Cup veterans and youngsters, with the highlighted returns of LA Galaxy forward Giovani dos Santos and Malaga goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.

Juan Carlos Osorio has until May 20 to cut the list down to 23. The rules, however, state Mexico can make injury-related changes up until the start of the tournament on June 3.

El Tri will play a pair of tune-up friendlies against Paraguay and Chile before opening the tournament against Uruguay in Glendale, Arizona. Mexico close out the group stage with games against Jamaica in Pasadena, California, and Venezuela in Houston, Texas.

You can see Mexico's full squad below:

Goalkeepers

Alejandro "Pikolin" Palacios (Pumas UNAM); Jose de Jesus Corona (Cruz Azul); Alfredo Talavera (Toluca); Jonathan Orozco (Monterrey); Guillermo Ochoa (Malaga);

Defenders

Paul Aguilar (Club America); Israel Jimenez (Tigres); Raul Lopez (Chivas); Nestor Araujo (Santos Laguna); Diego Reyes (Real Sociedad); Hector Moreno (PSV); Yasser Corona (Queretaro); Carlos Salcedo (Chivas); Jose Rivas (Tigres); Jorge Torres Nilo (Tigres); Miguel Layun (FC Porto); Rafael Marquez (Atlas);

Midfielders

Jesus Molina (Santos Laguna); Jose Juan "Gallito" Vazquez (Leon); Hector Herrera (FC Porto); Jesus Dueñas (Tigres);  Rodolfo Pizarro (Pachuca); Andres Guardado (PSV); Jonathan Dos Santos (Villarreal); Elias Hernandez (Leon); Carlos Alberto "Gullit" Peña (Chivas); Marco Fabian (Eintracht Frankfurt); Giovani dos Santos (LA Galaxy)

Forwards

Jurgen Damm (Tigres); Hirving Lozano (Pachuca); Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad); Orbelin Pineda (Chivas); Isaac Brizuela (Chivas); Jesus "Tecatito" Corona (FC Porto); Javier Aquino (Tigres); Candido Ramirez (Monterrey);Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen); Raul Jimenez (Benfica); Oribe Peralta (Club America); Eduardo Herrera (Pumas UNAM);