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Socceroos squad for World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan named

Pim Verbeek has named his squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan.

A 22-man squad has been named for the clash on April 1st in Sydney which will see the return of Harry Kewell who missed the last clash with Japan due to injury.

The Socceroos are currently on top of Group A of Asian qualifying on ten points ahead of Japan (8 points), Bahrain and Qatar (4 points) and Uzbekistan (1 point).

The squad is as follows:

Michael Beauchamp (Aalborg BK, DEN) Mark Bresciano (Palermo, ITA) Jacob Burns (FC Unirea Valahorum, ROM) Tim Cahill (Everton, ENG) David Carney (Norwich City, ENG) Scott Chipperfield (FC Basel, SWI) Chris Coyne (Colchester United, ENG) Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven, HOL) Adam Federici (Reading, ENG) Richard Garcia (Hull City, ENG) Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar, HOL) Mile Jedinak (Genclerbirligi, TUR) Josh Kennedy (Karlsruhe, GER) Harry Kewell (Galatasaray, TUR) Scott McDonald (Celtic, SCO) Lucas Neill (West Ham, ENG) Jade North (Incheon United, KOR) Michael Petkovic (Sivasspor, TUR) Mark Schwarzer (Fulham, ENG) Mile Sterjovski (Derby County, ENG) Carl Valeri (Grosseto, ITA) Luke Wilkshire (Dinamo Moscow, RUS)

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