Sven to experiment with striking options

Top forwards Giovanni dos Santos, Nery Castillo and Guillermo Franco have been denied regular first-team football with their European clubs through injury and loss of form.

The trio are unavailable on Wednesday as it is not an official date of world soccer's ruling body FIFA.

Eriksson stirred up controversy by suggesting Mexico's other foreign-based players follow Bravo's example.

"If they are not regulars in their teams it's better they come back," he told reporters last week.

"There's no point in being in Europe for the sake of it."

Last month Eriksson's side lost 2-0 to the United States in their opening match of the CONCACAF region's final stage, a six-team mini-league.

Although the Mexican federation said Eriksson's job was safe, few believe he would survive a home defeat by Costa Rica.