The Rovers pair been named in new Socceroo's coach Guus Hiddink's squad for the games at the Aussie Stadium in Sydney on September 3rd and at the Honiara in the Solomon Islands on September 6th.
Australian Squad: John Aloisi (Alaves), Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Jason Culina (Twente Enschede), Ahmad Elrich (Fulham), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Vince Grella (Parma), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Stan Lazaridis (Birmingham City), Jon McKain (Politechnica AEK Timisoara), Craig Moore (Newcastle Utd), Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers), Sasho Petrovski (Sydney FC), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Josip Skoko (Wigan), Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory), Tony Vidmar (NAC Breda), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City). Stan Lazaridis has been named in the Australia squad for their World Cup qualifying double-header against the Solomon Islands next month.