{"id":16700,"date":"2023-03-02T02:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T02:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/02\/hes-done-extremely-well-a-league-star-in-line-for-socceroos-call-up-as-veteran-gk-retires\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T02:42:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T02:42:00","slug":"hes-done-extremely-well-a-league-star-in-line-for-socceroos-call-up-as-veteran-gk-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/02\/hes-done-extremely-well-a-league-star-in-line-for-socceroos-call-up-as-veteran-gk-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He\u2019s done extremely well\u2019: A-League star in line for Socceroos call-up as veteran GK retires"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Adelaide United goalkeeper Joe Gauci is likely to be named in the Socceroos squad for this month\u2019s two-game series against Ecuador following veteran gloveman Danny Vukovic\u2019s decision to retire from international football.<\/p>\n

Capped four times and part of Australia\u2019s 2018 and 2022 World Cup squads, 37-year-old Vukokic said the time had come for him to depart the Socceroos scene and \u201cpresent an opportunity to the next generation of talented Australian \u2019keepers\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere will never be a greater honour in Australian men\u2019s football than pulling on the Socceroos\u2019 jersey and representing your country on the international stage,\u201d Vukovic said<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll forever be grateful to the coaches who have entrusted me to represented Australia at both youth and senior level and my teammates along the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Central Coast Mariners custodian was set to have been included in the Socceroos squad for the March 24 (Sydney) and March 28 (Melbourne) games against Ecuador, with national coach Arnold intent on rewarding Australia\u2019s 2022 World Cup squad with selection.<\/p>\n

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Danny Vukovic has announced his international retirement at age 37. (Photo by Scott Gardiner\/Getty Images)<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cSubject to availability, the aim is to select the same squad from the World Cup in Qatar for this upcoming series against Ecuador, but unselfishly, Danny made the decision to decline the invitation and instead open up the chance for another goalkeeper to be part of the camp and impress for future honours,\u201d Arnold said.<\/p>\n

And it seems that 22-year-old Adelaide gloveman Gauci will be first to get that \u201cchance\u201d by being named with Mat Ryan and Andrew Redmayne as the goalkeepers in the national squad on March 14,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still got to select the squad, but he (Gauci) has done extremely well this year with Adelaide and even last season, and he\u2019s a youngster,\u201d Arnold said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do have a big hole in the goalkeeping department. You\u2019ve got older goalkeepers over the age of 30, there\u2019s nothing (much) in the late 20s \u2026 and then it\u2019s the young ones.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Socceroos goalkeeping coach) John Crawley is on to that and we\u2019re looking at those goalkeepers, and we\u2019ll give them a chance through this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gauci and another contender to replace Vukovic in the national squad, 24-year-old Tom Glover, will be on opposing sides at Coopers Stadium on Friday night when Adelaide United hosts A-League leaders Melbourne City.<\/p>\n

Glover was Australia\u2019s goalkeeper at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 in an Olyroos squad that also included custodian Ashley Maynard-Brewer, who is on the books of English lower division club Charlton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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