Overview
- After Wednesday’s 8 p.m. cutoff set by coach Javier Aguirre, all 20 Liga MX call-ups checked in at Mexico’s High Performance Center, with Jesús Gallardo and Alexis Vega arriving at 7:56 p.m.
- Aguirre warned that any player who missed the concentration would be excluded from the World Cup squad, a threat he delivered in a brief appearance with national teams director Duilio Davino.
- Toluca said it had prior FMF and Liga MX approval to keep Gallardo and Vega for a CONCACAF semifinal, but the federation enforced a uniform report time and the club released both players at its own sporting cost.
- Chivas owner Amaury Vergara objected to the perceived exception and first ordered his players back to Guadalajara, then sent them to camp, with four arriving together at 7:43 p.m.
- The episode highlighted long-running friction over a month-long pre‑World Cup centralization and now tests coordination before a friendly against Ghana in Puebla later this month.