Three players make their debut in Ecuador's national soccer team

Three players will participate for the first time in the Ecuadorian national soccer team during a friendly match with Peru next Wednesday in the Los Gigantes Stadium in New Jersey, United States.

Emelec players, Jorge Ladines and Jose Aguirre, and Barcelona's Jairo Montalo, will make their debut during the national team's

first friendly after Germany 2006.

With the match against Peru, Ecuadorian national team will begin a new working period before the South American qualifying rounds for South Africa's 2010 World Cup.

The teams manager, Luis Fernando Suarez, also considered for the match another 11 players that have played for the national team on a global level.

Such players are strikers Christian Mora and Giovanni Ibarra; defenders Paul Ambrosi, Jorge Guagua, Jose Luis Perlaza and Giovanni Espinoza, as well as wings Edwin Tenoria, Patricio Urrutia, Ivan Kaviedes and forwards Carlos Tenorio and Christian Benitez.

Midfielders Leonardo Soledispa and Armando Paredes and forwards Francisco Salas and Felipe Caicedo were also considered.

The national team will travel to New York on Monday on a 14:20 Taca flight with a stop in San Jose, Costa Rica. The team will arrive at JFK International Airport at 01:05 on Tuesday when they will train before the match against Peru.

Source: Xinhua



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