RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes changed starting goalies on Tuesday, going with Curtis McElhinney for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Bruins.

Coach Rod Brind'Amour did not disclose his starter in the lead-up to Tuesday's game. McElhinney led the team onto the ice for pregame warm-ups and was listed as the starter.

Boston scored 10 goals on Petr Mrazek while winning the first two games. Mrazek started the first nine postseason games for Carolina but left Game 2 of the second-round series against the New York Islanders with a lower-body injury.

The 35-year-old McElhinney closed out that victory and started the final two games of the Hurricanes' sweep of the Islanders.

Carlos Vela, Javier Hernandez and Jesus "Tecatito" Corona have been left out of Mexico's 29-player preliminary Gold Cup squad.

LAFC forward Vela's omission was due to the player preferring to be with his club and family, said Mexico coach Gerardo "Tata" Martino, and comes after the 30-year-old has recorded 12 goals and six assists in 12 MLS games in 2019.

"I spoke with Carlos Vela over the phone last week and he assured me that at this time his club and his family are his priority, that's why he stepped aside," said Martino in the news conference in Mexico City.

West Ham United striker Hernandez asked permission to be absent due to birth of his first child, which is scheduled to take place during the tournament, and was expected, while Porto midfield Hector Herrera asked not to be called in after a long season and pending club move, reported to be to Atletico Madrid.

Porto winger Corona missed out after a back-and-forth in March about his fitness for friendlies against Chile and Paraguay. Martino was livid that Corona hadn't turned up to his first camp as El Tri coach and was open in expressing that.

Martino said that he hadn't spoken to Corona since then and that after weighing up his options decided against calling in the player, who has been in good form with Porto.

Former Barcelona coach Martino said in his time managing the Argentina and Paraguay national squads he hadn't experienced a similar situation of a number of players asking not to be called up.

"I don't think it is common. It's not something I've seen before," said Martino. "A call-up to the national team is a prize for footballers and when they don't see it as that, it's logical for them not to be here."

There was some positive news with PSV Eindhoven's Hirving Lozano on the list, although there is still some doubt whether he'll recover from the knee injury picked up on April 25.

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Real Betis youngster Diego Lainez and Leon striker Juan Jose Macias are both in Mexico's Under-20s squad for the World Cup and weren't taken into consideration.

There were call-ups for youngsters Carlos Rodriguez (Monterrey), Roberto Alvarado (Cruz Azul) Jorge Sanchez (Club America), Raul Gudino (Chivas), Ivan Rodriguez (Leon) and Edson Alvarez (Club America).

The squad will be cut to 23 players in the first week of June ahead of the Gold Cup, which Mexico kicks off on June 15 against Martinique, followed by matches against Canada (June 19) and Cuba (June 23).

Mexico warms up for the Gold Cup with games against Venezuela (June 5) and Ecuador (June 9).

The 29-player squad in full:

Goalkeepers: Guillermo Ochoa (Standard Liege), Jonathan Orozco (Santos Laguna), Raul Gudino (Chivas), Hugo Gonzalez (Necaxa)

Defenders: Hector Moreno (Real Sociedad), Diego Reyes (Leganes), Nestor Araujo (Celta de Vigo), Jorge Sanchez (America), Jesus Gallardo (Monterrey), Miguel Layun (Monterrey), Cesar Montes (Monterrey), Carlos Salcedo (Tigres), Luis Rodriguez (Tigres), Fernando Navarro (Leon)

Midfielders: Andres Guardado (Real Betis), Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy), Erick Gutierrez (PSV Eindhoven), Carlos Rodriguez (Monterrey), Luis Montes (Leon), Edson Alvarez (America), Ivan Rodriguez (Leon), Orbelin Pineda (Cruz Azul)

Forwards: Hirving Lozano (PSV Eindhoven), Raul Jimenez (Wolves), Alexis Vega (Chivas), Roberto Alvarado (Cruz Azul), Rodolfo Pizarro (Monterrey), Uriel Antuna (LA Galaxy), Marco Fabian (Philadelphia Union)

Jurgen Klopp says he will fill the three-week gap before the Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur by putting his Liverpool players through a two-week "preseason."

The two Premier League clubs played their final domestic games of the season on Sunday and are in the unusual position of having a lengthy wait for the June 1 clash in Madrid.

Klopp has given his team a few days off to recover from a gruelling Premier League campaign in which they pushed Manchester City to the final day in the title race, eventually losing out by one point.

They will reconvene next week to prepare for the showpiece meeting at Atletico Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

"We have to do a couple of things in preparation for the Champions League, media stuff," Klopp told the club's website.

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"We have to do that, then the boys will have a couple of days off and then we have two proper weeks as a preseason for the Champions League final.

"We will do that, we will play that, [hopefully] win it, come home and then the people get what they deserve."

Liverpool, who defeated Barcelona to reach their second consecutive Champions League final, are bidding for their sixth European Cup, which would be their first piece of silverware under Klopp.

Tottenham, who produced a superb comeback to beat Ajax Amsterdam in the semifinal and reach their first Champions League final, will hope to use the gap to their advantage with top striker Harry Kane recovering from an ankle injury.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino, also seeking his first silverware after five years at Tottenham, said at the weekend: "We have our idea, we have our plan ... We need to be natural. It is not a pre-season, but it is not going to be a holiday. The most important thing is that we apply common sense, we have the plan and we are going to deliver the plan so the players arrive in the best condition to win the final."

Antoine Griezmann has informed Atletico Madrid that he will leave this summer, with sources confirming to ESPN FC that Barcelona are hopeful of signing him less than one year after he turned them down.

Atletico released a short statement Tuesday revealing that Griezmann had communicated his decision to leave the club after five seasons. They followed that up by posting a video of the French forward on social media explaining his decision to supporters.

"After speaking with [coach Diego Simeone], [CEO Miguel] Angel Gil Marin and with people in the club's hierarchy, I wanted to speak with you, the fans," Griezmann said. "You have always shown me a lot of love and I wanted to be the first to tell you that I've taken the decision to leave to see other things and take on other challenges.

"It's been a difficult route to take, but it's what I feel I need. Thanks for everything during five fantastic years here, where I was able to win my first big trophies. There have been some incredible moments that I will always remember. You, the supporters, will always be in my heart."

ESPN FC first reported in March that Griezmann, 28, wanted to leave Atletico at the end of the season. He had been offered to a number of Europe's biggest clubs, including Barca, although the Catalans weren't initially interested in reopening talks to sign him after he turned them down after last summer's events.

The 2018 World Cup winner with France has played his entire professional career in Spain, having arrived to Atletico from Real Sociedad in 2014. Another club with interest in Griezmann is Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Barca thought they had a deal in place to sign Griezmann before the World Cup and were caught off guard when, days before the tournament began in Russia, he released a documentary called "The Decision," which ended with him committing his future to Atletico. He later signed a new deal at the Wanda Metropolitano.

However, Griezmann has had a change of heart since then and Barca, after much debate among the board, have also changed their minds since the possibility of signing him re-aired in March.

Griezmann scored a team-leading 133 goals in 256 games across all competitions in five seasons for the club. His 126 La Liga goal involvements (goals and assists) in that span are fourth in La Liga behind Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Griezmann won three titles in his five seasons with Atleti: the 2017-18 Europa League, 2018 UEFA Super Cup and 2014 Spanish Super Cup. He also missed a penalty in the 2016 UEFA Champions League final penalty-shootout loss to Real Madrid.

President Josep Maria Bartomeu told ESPN FC last month that there were no bad feelings with Griezmann over the documentary, which he labeled "water under the bridge." Barca have since made Griezmann, along with Ajax defender Matthijs de Ligt, one of their main targets for the summer.

The humiliating Champions League loss to Liverpool last week further enhanced the club's opinion that they need to add fresh blood to an aging squad.

Griezmann, meanwhile, has seen Atletico stagnate. They are on course to finish second in La Liga but came up short in the Champions League and the Copa del Rey. His closest ally in the squad, Diego Godin, also announced last week that he would leave when his contract expires in the summer. Griezmann cried at Godin's goodbye news conference.

Sources have told ESPN FC that Atletico were not informed by Griezmann where he will move, but he did tell them he will deposit his release clause with the league at the start of July. His current clause is €200 million, but it will drop to €120 million on July 1.

Barca could try to negotiate a deal with Atletico, but sources close to the club have said the Spanish champions remain reluctant to open talks before July when Griezmann's clause dips, due to the fact the Rojiblanco reported them to FIFA for making an illegal approach to Griezmann at the end of 2017.

In a bid to change the organization's future, the New England Revolution have looked to MLS' past. Bruce Arena is back, taking on the dual roles of sporting director and manager with the Revs.

It's a move that makes sense on multiple levels. On the NFL side, Kraft Sports Group has given New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick the kind of freedom to run the organization as he sees fit, resulting in six Super Bowl titles in 18 years. Arena is used to operating in a similar fashion, making the relationship, at least outwardly, look like a good match.

The entire Revolution organization on the technical side needs a reboot as well, particularly in terms of allocating more resources. This goes beyond simply shelling out money for another designated player, like the Revs attempted to do with Paul-Jose M'Poku to the tune of a reported $14 million total before the deal fell through. With the advent of targeted allocation money (TAM), there needs to be an increased commitment to scouting to fill out the remainder of the roster. While the hiring of Remi Roy as director of scouting back in 2018 and the subsequent addition of Sergio Neveleff as an international scout were positive steps, more needs to be done to catch up to the rest of the league.

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New England's penchant for grinding players down over contracts has long put it near the bottom of players' preferred destinations. While the league's player-acquisition mechanisms do plenty to stifle choice, there are enough holes that when the opportunity to leave presented itself, lots of players voted with their feet, from Jeff Larentowicz and Michael Parkhurst in the 2000s to Lee Nguyen and Jermaine Jones in the 2010s. Looked at another way, the Revs haven't signed a single player using the league's free-agent mechanism since its inception in 2015. (Jalil Anibaba was signed via a different mechanism, as his seven service years at the time of his signing meant he wasn't technically a free agent.)

Given Arena's track record in MLS, most recently with the LA Galaxy, he has the know-how in terms of what needs to be done to address these issues. Given free rein in L.A., it didn't take Arena long to turn things around, with the Galaxy finishing atop the Western Conference in his first full season in charge. The Galaxy went on to claim three MLS Cup titles in the next four seasons.

In this time, Arena showed an ability to bend the leagues roster rules to his advantage. Given the current state of the Revs' roster, that will no doubt come in handy.

As for Arena, the decision to join the Revs was easy. The most recent image of him on the sideline is the horrific night in Couva, Trinidad, when the U.S. failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. This is a way to at least write a different final chapter to his coaching career. Arena is also a soccer junkie, and he has been keen to get back in the game ever since, with sources confirming that Arena sought positions both with the Galaxy and the Columbus Crew before landing with New England. He'll also have the same kind of power and control of the technical side that he had with the Galaxy.

There are no guarantees that this move will be a simple tap-in in terms of success, however. There is the sense that Arena wouldn't have taken the job without assurances from Kraft Sports Group that he will be provided with the requisite resources. Such are the sentiments when the ink on the contract isn't quite dry. The coming months will reveal the extent to which the organization's commitment proves sufficient.

Arena's history is by no means blemish-free, either. The World Cup qualifying failure leaves the kind of stain that can't be washed away, and there's more. His 15-month stint with the New York Red Bulls was middling at best. While the Red Bulls made the playoffs both years, they were bounced in the first round both times. They were also never more than a mid-table side, finishing sixth out of 14 teams in his one full season in charge. This was a team that also had two DPs in Claudio Reyna and Juan Pablo Angel, giving it an advantage over most MLS sides at the time. His final two seasons with the Galaxy witnessed a bit of a drop-off as well in terms of the team's performance.

MLS has also continued to evolve over the past 2½ years. The acquisition and spending of TAM has become more important as more money has been pumped into the system.

Then there is the criticism that Arena has been left behind tactically. Without question, he made his share of mistakes during his most recent stint with the U.S., most notably his insistence on playing with a single holding midfielder in the game against Trinidad & Tobago. The level of coaching in MLS also has more of an international flavor now and become more sophisticated.

But over the course of his career, Arena has proved himself adaptable in terms of dealing with the league's arcane roster rules. That shouldn't be an issue. The tactical element will be one to watch, although Arena's team-building, both in terms of personnel and the interpersonal relationships, on the field can do plenty to mitigate that.

The reality is that the Revs were in danger of being lapped by the rest of the league. Arena has the skill set to revive the franchise, but that will only happen if the rest of the organization buys into his vision.