Mexican B Team?

I think we can put to bed the notion that the team Mexico fielded in the Gold Cup final was a "B" team as we were endlessly told by pundit after pundit. As you can see here, 12 of the 20 players from the Gold Cup final will take part in the match at Azteca Stadium on August 12th. With Heath Pearce and potentially Brian Ching (unlikely) and Stewart Holden (maybe) on the bench the US will have 1 or 2 players on the roster for their "A" team. It's clear that Mexico took the match a lot more seriously than the United States, as I noted in a post yesterday. It makes me feel a bit better about the upcoming match but also still a bit concerned at the same time. Mexico will likely field the same attacking group of veterans and youngsters like Vela and Dos Santos--- and will be full of confidence as well as likely not be rusty at all since they just played several matches together. In the context of yesterday's El Tri squad release it's clear that the Gold Cup final was a Mexican A- team versus a US C+ team at best. It will be interesting to see how the young and talented Mexican attack holds up against the top US defensive pairing--- hopefully Guch doesn't display is slow and lacking AC Milan form.