Qantas Young Socceroos Head Coach Jan Versleijen today named his 18-player squad for the SBS Cup which will be played in Shizuoka, Japan later this week (18-21 August).
Qantas Young Socceroos Head Coach Jan Versleijen today named his 18-player squad for the SBS Cup which will be played in Shizuoka, Japan later this week (18-21 August).
The Qantas Young Socceroos squad includes 17 Australian-based players and one overseas-based player, Aaron Lennox.
Gold Coast United midfielder Jake Barker-Daish was a member of the recent Qantas Young Socceroos squad that competed at the FIFA U-20 World Cup earlier this month and Connor Chapman, Yianni Perkatis, Corey Brown, Anthony Proia, Jesse Makarounos & Luke Remington were members of the Qantas Joeys squad that were at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011.
This will be the first outing for this group of players looking to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 and Versleijen knows playing matches against quality opposition is an extremely important part of that process.
“This is the start of our new campaign and our first official time together for the next group of Qantas Young Socceroos,” said Versleijen
“We are missing a number of players for a variety of reasons, for example resting Mustafa Amini and Terry Antonis after the World Cup, but unfortunately many others are injured at this time.
“The positive that we can take out of this is that we will get to have a look at a few new players that may not normally be selected at this time as well as some of the players that went to the Under 17 World Cup in Mexico.
“With our AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers scheduled for later this year, this tournament is a good place to start our preparations,” concluded Versleijen
The Qantas Young Socceroos will face Shizuoka on Thursday afternoon at the Fujieda Sports Park Soccer Field, followed by Japan on Sunday evening at the Kusanagi Stadium and will play their final match of the SBS Cup against Mexico on Sunday evening at the Stadium Ecopa.
The AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers will be held from 31 October-8 November, 2010, with the venue to be announced soon.
The Qantas Young Socceroos have been drawn in Group G of the competition along with China P.R., Indonesia, Singapore and Macau.
The Qantas Young Socceroos will depart Sydney tonight for Japan.
Qantas Young Socceroos Squad SBS Cup, Shizuoka, Japan, 18-21 August, 2011
Jake BARKER-DAISH - Gold Coast United FC, Australia (7/5/1993) Kwabena BOAHENE - Australian Institute of Sport (9/8/1994) Joshua BRILLANTE - Gold Coast United FC, Australia (25/3/1993) Corey BROWN - Brisbane Roar FC, Australia (7/1/1994) Connor CHAPMAN - Australian Institute of Sport (31/10/1994 Joshua Da SILVA - Sutherland Sharks FC, Australia 21/1/1994) Jason GERIA - Brisbane Roar FC, Australia (10/5/1993) Andrew HOOLE - Broadmeadow Magic FC, Australia (22/10/1993) Aaron LENNOX (gk) - Queens Park Rangers FC, England (19/2/1993) Jesse MAKAROUNAS - Perth Glory FC, Australia (18/4/1994) Nicholas MUNRO (gk) - Adelaide Galaxy SC, Australia (1/5/1993) Luke O'DEA - Melbourne Victory FC, Australia (14/4/1993) Yianni PERKATIS - Australian Institute of Sport (8/3/1994) Aaron PETERSON - Sydney United FC, Australia (8/6/1993) Anthony PROIA - Australian Institute of Sport (16/3/1994) Alistair QUINN - Brisbane Roar FC, Australia (1/6/1993) Luke REMINGTON - Newcastle United Jets, Australia (12/5/1994) Elliott RONTO - Gold Coast United FC, Australia (24/11/1993)
Team Officials Head Coach: Jan Versleijen Assistant Coach: Philip Stubbins Goalkeeper Coach: John Gorza Team Manager: Jaime Gomez Team Doctor: Jeffrey Steinweg Physiotherapist: Michael Sette Masseur: John Kobiela