I see that Uzbekistan play South Korea in an international friendly in Brisbane on 20th November. Can't see any other fixtures for Uzbekistan in that international window, surely an opportunity to bring them over to NZ for a game?
Australia also play South Korea and Lebanon on 17th and 20th November at home.
What would make a lot of sense is AWs playing Lebanon on 17th Nov, in Western Sydney.
Sydney has a very big Lebanese population.
An AWs squad of A League players plus all the guys from the USA who will have finished up, and probably holidaying around NZ anyway.
Even guys like Brockie, Rojas, Lewis, Woud, Mitchell (injured I wonder?) could be keen to fly back from Europe - as getting so few playing minutes with their clubs at the moment.
A year now into 4 year WC qualifying cycle, is staggering really that nearly all of the first choice squad have never met the new AWs coach. What’s his name again?