WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Three Major League Soccer (MLS) players were called up by the Mexican national team on Tuesday for their upcoming friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Jan. 31 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

LA Galaxy midfielders Giovani and Jonathan dos Santos and LAFC forward Carlos Vela were all called to the squad, for Mexico' s first match of 2018. El-Tri will use this match as warm-up for this year's World Cup in Russia.

The dos Santos brothers and Vela will depart their respective MLS preseason camps for international duty in the next few days. They will return to their LA-based clubs to continue training following the friendly.