Socceroos preliminary squad

The Socceroos preliminary squad for the 2010 World Cup was announced on Tuesday. The final 23 man squad will be announced on the 1st of June.

Michael Beachamp (Al-Jazira)

Marco Bresciano (Al-Nassr)

Tim Cahill (Everton)

Nick Carle (Crystal Palace)

David Carney (FC Twente)

Scott Chipperfield (FC Basel)

Jason Culina (Gold Coast Utd)

Brett Emerton (Blackburn)

Adam Federici (Reading)

Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide Utd) Reserve Goalkeeper

Richard Garcia (Hull City)

Vincenzo Grella (Blackburn)

James Holland (AZ Alkmaar)

Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar)

Mile Jedinak (Antalyaspor)

Brad Jones (Middlesbrough)

Joshua Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus)

Harry Kewell (Galatasaray)

Shane Lowry (Leeds Utd)

Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough)

Mark Milligan (JEF Utd Ichihara Chiba)

Craig Moore (unsigned)

Lucas Neill (Galasaray)

Jade North (Tromso)

Thomas Oar (FC Utrecht)

Nikita Rukavytsya (KSV Roeselare)

Mark Schwarzer (Fulham)

Carl Valeri (Sassuolo)

Dario Vidosic (MSV Duisburg)

Luke Wilkshire (Dynamo Moscow)

Rhys Williams (Middlesbrough)

No real suprises, although the lack of players from the A-league does raise the point that to seen to be ready to play for the socceroos, you must be able to play in a foreign environment, in a more demanding environment than what is currently being displayed in the A-league, as Pim has said all along.