Australia vs Oman (November 2009 Edition)
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To help keep your minds off saturday's game, here's what what's going on over here
diego's son2009-11-10 16:57:30
Bresciano back for Roos
4 November 2009 | 16:37 - SBS
Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek has selected a squad of 23 players for the crucial 2011 Asian Cup qualifier against Oman at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat on Sunday 15 November (AEDT).
Mark Bresciano returns to the squad after a slight knee injury prevented him from joining the national team for the recent international friendly against the Netherlands in Sydney and the Asian Cup qualifier against Oman in Melbourne.
Bruce Djite, Brad Jones and Mile Sterjovski also return to the squad for the first time since helping the Socceroos qualify for the 2010 World Cup in June.
Goalkeeper Adam Federici receives his first call-up since the World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan in Sydney last April.
Three A-League players make the cut with Jason Culina and Craig Moore joining Sterjovski.
Blackburn midfielder Vince Grella has been left out of the squad after picking up a thigh injury against the Netherlands while Celtic striker Scott McDonald has been overlooked.
Last month, the Socceroos defeated Oman 1-0 at Etihad Stadium to move into joint top position of Group B with three matches to go.
The top two teams in the group qualify for the 2011 finals in Qatar.
The first meeting between the Socceroos and Oman was at the 2007 Asian Cup in Bangkok when the teams played out a 1-1 draw in the group stage at the Rajamangala Stadium.
SOCCEROOS SQUAD: Mark Bresciano (Palermo), Tim Cahill (Everton), David Carney (Twente), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Jason Culina (Gold Coast), Bruce Djite (Genclerbirligi), Brett Emerton (Blackburn), Adam Federici (Reading), Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar), Mile Jedinak (Antalyaspor), Brad Jones (Middlesbrough), Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus), Harry Kewell (Galatasaray), Patrick Kisnorbo (Leeds), Mark Milligan (Shanghai), Craig Moore (Brisbane), Lucas Neill (Everton), Mark Schwarzer (Fulham), Mile Sterjovski (Perth), Carl Valeri (Grosseto), Dario Vidosic (Nurnberg), Luke Wilkshire (Dynamo Moscow), Rhys Williams (Middlesbrough).
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http://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6454344/brosque-callup-boosts-aleague-players
Brosque call-up boosts A-League players
AAP - November 10, 2009, 12:59 pm
Alex Brosque's call-up to the Socceroos has offered renewed hope for a host of A-League stars harbouring dreams of playing at next year's World Cup.
The Sydney FC striker was a shock selection to replace Josh Kennedy for Saturday's Asian Cup qualifier against Oman in Muscat after the Nagoya Grampus frontman succumbed to a back injury.
Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek's choice to overlook Celtic striker Scott McDonald and call up Brosque to a predominantly European-based squad indicates he is still open to Australian-based players making a late claim for World Cup selection.
While Jason Culina and Craig Moore have been regular A-League selections in Verbeek's squad, the Dutchman last week dropped several other names, including Melbourne's Archie Thompson, Sydney's Mark Bridge and Gold Coast's Joel Porter, as players he had been impressed with in recent weeks.
Sydney FC defender Simon Colosimo, another whose form in the A-League has attracted talk of a call-up to the national team, said he believed A-League players still had plenty of time to prove their worth before South Africa.
"There's a lot of talk about it but to be honest I don't think anybody's out of the running," Colosimo said.
"I think come World Cup year if you're playing well, if the ball bounces the right way, you get the opportunity and you take it and impress Pim, everybody's got a chance.
"It's all really about timing to be honest, being around at the right time and there's definitely a chance."
The in-form Colosimo was reluctant to talk up his own chances of a Socceroos recall, saying he would only be focussing on making sure he performs his best for Sydney each week.
"You have to be training well and playing well every week," Colosimo said.
"That weekend that Pim decides 'I'm going to have a look at Simon or Brosquey, or Bridgey' and we don't play well, that really puts you well down the pecking order doesn't it."
A host of A-League hopefuls could get a chance to impress in Australia's final two Asian Cup qualifiers early next year which do not fall on FIFA match dates, making it difficult for Verbeek to call up many of his overseas-based players.
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