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Ange Postecoglou names 30-man Socceroos squad for World Cup qualifiers vs Honduras

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24th October, 2017
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Ange Postecoglou has named his preliminary 30-man squad for the Socceroos’ final World Cup qualifying playoff against Honduras.

Skipper Mile Jedinak has been named in the squad despite his recent injury problems, but there is no good news for left-back Brad Smith, who has been left out of the side after picking up a hip injury in Australia’s 2-1 win over Syria in Sydney.

Smith is the only member of the 23-man squad which defeated Syria to have missed out this time around, and has been replaced by Alex Gersbach.

The squad is light in Australian-based players, with only four members of the side plying their trade in the A-League – Tim Cahill, Mark Milligan, Josh Risdon and James Troisi.

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There are a number of inexperienced Europe-based players named by Postecoglou, with Danny Vukovic, Awer Mabil, Mustafa Amini, Craig Goodwin, Ajdin Hrustic and Jimmy Jeggo all a chance of making the final 23-man squad, which will be announced next week.

“There are a couple of weeks before the group gets together so we will be monitoring the health and fitness of every player to make sure that the final 23 are available for what is going to be a challenging couple of games,” said Postecoglou.

“We feel that we are right on schedule with regards to our arrangements, logistics and intelligence for Honduras, and are comfortable that the work completed and decisions made so far will help us in our quest to qualify for Russia.

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“A large, vocal home crowd in Sydney for the second leg is something that everyone involved with the squad is looking forward to.”

The first leg of the playoff against Honduras will be played on Saturday, November 11 at 9am (AEDT), before the return leg in Sydney on November 15 at 8pm.

Socceroos preliminary squad for World Cup qualifiers vs Honduras

Mustafa Amini
Aziz Behich
Mark Birighitti (GK)
Tim Cahill
Milos Degenek
Alex Gersbach
Craig Goodwin
Ajdin Hrustic
Jackson Irvine
Mile Jedinak
James Jeggo
Tomi Juric
Matthew Jurman
Robbie Kruse
Mitchell Langerak (GK)
Mathew Leckie
Massimo Luongo
Awer Mabil
Jamie Maclaren
Ryan Mcgowan
Mark Milligan
Aaron Mooy
Josh Risdon
Tom Rogic
Nikita Rukavytsya
Mathew Ryan (GK)
Trent Sainsbury
James Troisi
Daniel Vukovic (GK)
Bailey Wright

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