Also top of the list of sports in which Mexico is predicted its best chances for gold is the national soccer selection which will be up against all possible pressure to ensure the home team takes the first prize.

Playing against Ecuador in its first match on Oct. 19 the Mexican team can expect tens of thousands of enthusiastic fans to cheer them on from even before the first whistle.

"Mexico is the favorites to win because we are playing at home but no one can assume that this will be easy," Mexican coach Luis Tena told local press in Mexico City.

Mexican soccer has had an outstanding year, first winning the Gold Cup in June, followed by the Under-17 team's triumph to clinch the gold after a spectacular performance in the 2011 World Cup which Mexico hosted in July. These two victories were followed by another great effort by Mexico's Under-20 team which won bronze in the 2011 World Cup for that category held in Colombia in August.

"To be able to put on the national shirt and play for the team has always been a honer and one has to do his best for the country. We have the obligation and commitment to win the gold," Mexican midfielder Diego Reyes told Univision sports television.

One of the events that will make its re-entry in the Guadalajara games after eight-year absence is racquetball, also known as frontenis, which Mexico believes there are good chances of securing at least a couple of gold medals by both its male and female athletes.

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