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Australia U/20 squad for FIFA Youth tornament named
Young Socceroos coah Ange Postecoglou has named a 20 man squad to travell to the UAE for the FIFA World Youth Championship.
The squad sees four new names, three of which are plying their trade in England while the other is playing regularly for Newcastle. The new faces are David Carney (Everton), Sean Cooney (Conventry City), Jay Lucas (Southampton) and Jobe Wheelhouse (Newcastle United: NSL).
However with all new faces someone has to be omitted. The unlucky four sees three NSL players and one European player. Franco Parisi (Olymipic Sharks), Matthew Osman (Northern Spirit), Adriano Pelligrino (Adelaide City) and Mark Tsiorlas of dutch side Utrecht were omitted after helping get Australia through the qualifiers.
The 20 man squad:
Goalkeepers:
Nathan Cole (Inter Milan - Italy)
Tom Willis (Newcastle United - Australia)
Defenders:
Sean Cooney (Coventry City - England)
Spase Dilevski (PSV Eindhoven - Netherlands)
Wayne Heath (Brisbane Strikers - Australia)
Daniel Piorkowski (Melbourne Knights - Australia)
David Tarka (Perth Glory - Australia)
Alex Wilkinson (Northern Spirit - Australia)
Midfielders:
David Carney (Everton - England)
Vince Lia (South Melbourne - Australia)
Matthew McKay (Brisbane Strikers - Australia)
Massimo Murdocca (South Melbourne - Australia)
Jonathan Richter (Northern Spirit - Australia)
Carl Valeri (Inter Milan - Italy)
Dustin Wells (Wollongong Wolves - Australia)
Jobe Wheelhouse (Newcastle United - Australia)
Strikers:
Michael Baird (South Melbourne - Australia)
Alex Brosque (Marconi Stallions - Australia)
Jay Lucas (Southampton - England)
Scott McDonald (Southampton - England)
Australia's matches are all played at the Rashid Stadium in Dubai. The matches are as follows:
26 March - Australia Vs. Czech Republic - 8:30 pm*
29 March - Australia Vs. Canada - 5:45 pm*
01 April - Australia Vs. Brazil - 5:45 pm*
*= local time
posted 04 March 2003 |
