Pakistan, June 1 -- World Cup cohosts Mexico have savoured a confidence-building 1-0 friendly win over Australia in front of a mammoth crowd in the United States with the result leaving both sides' coaches with hard choices before naming their squads for the tournament.

A Johan Vasquez header from a set piece in the ??28th minute on Saturday gave a much-changed Mexico the lead, which they held successfully despite a better second half from the Socceroos after a shaky start at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

Mexico coach Javier Aguirre made nine changes from the starting 11 that beat Ghana 2-0 in a friendly in ??Puebla, Mexico, last week. All 48 participating nations must submit their 26-man World Cup squads to FIFA by Monday for ...