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January 16th, 2008 — Archie Thompson, Kevin Muscat, Pim Verbeek, Rodrigo Vargas, Socceroos
Pim Verbeek held his second training camp yesterday, this time calling in 29 players from the A-League. Eight of the players at the last training camp were left out this time, including the Melbourne Victory’s Leigh Broxham and Nick Ward.
Kevin Muscat, Archie Thompson and Rodrigo Vargas have all been picked again though.
Archie has already said he doesn’t like his chances of getting picked. Will the fact that Alex Brosque, John Aloisi and Joel Griffiths are all playing in the A-League finals help them to score a spot ahead of Thompson?
Muscat and Vargas will be up against similar challenges, of course. All up, the 20 of the 29 men selected for Pim’s second training camp are playing in the finals. Making the squad is going to be a stiff challenge for the Melbourne boys.
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January 2nd, 2008 — Archie Thompson, Kevin Muscat, Leigh Broxham, Michael Theoklitos, Nick Ward, Pim Verbeek, Rodrigo Vargas, Socceroos
Pim Verbeek announced his 22-man selection for a Socceroos training camp next week. Among them are Melbourne Victory’s Archie Thompson, Kevin Muscat and Rodrigo Vargas.
Only A-League players were picked for the training camp, though Verbeek insists there’s no guarantee that he’ll pick exclusively A-League players for the opening World Cup qualifier against Qatar on February 6.
On his perception of the A-League, Verbeek said:
“I enjoyed every game I’ve seen, the stadiums are fantastic, the crowds are unbelievable.”
“I saw great goals, but I saw also unbelievable mistakes.”
“It’s up to me to find out if the players make that same mistake too many times because then I cannot use them.” (The World Game) Continue reading →
