Australian coach Tony Popovic announced his 25-man team on Friday for the friendly matches against World Cup Hosts United States and Canada.
He has chosen the young midfielder Alex Robertson – a third generation of Socceroo – whose father and grandfather both represented Australia. He won the last of his two caps against Argentina in Beijing in 2023 under former coach Graham Arnold, but has not since been seen in the green and gold.
Robertson is one of the eight changes in the team that is whitewashed in the two matches in the two matches «Soccer Ashes» in the two matches in the two matches in the two matches.
Popovic terminated the exile of Mat Ryan after the veteran goalkeeper and the regular Socceroos accompany captain last month confirmed a move to La Liga Team Levante.
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The Vleugel player Sam Silvera and the midfielder Ryan Teague, based in Belgium, belonged to the players who were twice cut out of the team who beat New Zealand twice and extended the undefeated run of the socceroos to 10 games under Popovic.
Full team
Goalkeepers: Joe Gauci, Paul Izzo, Mat Ryan
Defenders: Jordan Bos, Cameron Burgess, Alessandro Circati, Milos Degenek, Jason Geria, Fran Karacic, Hayden Matthews, Lewis Miller, Kye Rowles
Midfielders: Max Balard, Cameron Devlin, Ajdin Hrustic, Aiden O’Neill, Connor Metcalfe, Alex Robertson, Patrick Yazbek
Forward: Daniel Arzani, Martin Boyle, Mitch Duke, Nicholas d’Agostino, Nestory Irankunda, Mohamed Toure
Published on October 3, 2025