Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek has announced a 21-man squad for Australia's World Cup Qualifier against Qatar in Melbourne tomorrow night. Seven A-League players have been named in the squad including the Central Coast's John Aloisi and Danny Vukovic, along with Newcastle's Ante Covic and Jade North.Queensland's Craig Moore, Melbourne's Archie Thompson and Perth's Nikolai Topor-Stanley also made the cut. All the European players have now linked up with coach Pim Verbeek, with goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer arriving this morning. Three more players will be released from the squad tomorrow.
Verbeek says it was important to reduce the squad in order for fringe players to return to their A-League squads. "It is important that having made my decision they would not be in the final squad I allow them to return home, especially those players that have A-League finals series match this weekend," he said in a statement. "The 2010 World Cup campaign is a long and challenging journey and everyone will play their part to help us qualify for the World Cup."
Squad:
John Aloisi, Mark Bresciano, Jacob Burns, Tim Cahill, David Carney, Ante Covic, Jason Culina, Brett Emerton, Brett Holman, Josh Kennedy, Scott McDonald, Craig Moore, Lucas Neill, Jade North, Mark Schwarzer, Archie Thompson, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, James Troisi, Carl Valeri, Danny Vukovic, Luke Wilkshire.
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ABC News
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