CRAIG Goodwin is the only Newcastle player to have been named in a 12-man squad of A-League-based Socceroos for a training camp on the Central Coast next week.
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Goodwin was due back today from a month-long trial with English Premier League club Reading.

Jets officials hope to know within the next few days whether the young left-back features in Reading’s future plans, in which case he may have played his last game for Newcastle.

Socceroos head coach Holger Osieck named the training squad yesterday to prepare for the upcoming FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers against Japan, Jordan and Iraq next month.

The training camp will be held in conjunction with a Young Socceroos training camp, who are currently preparing for the upcoming FIFA under-20 World Cup which will be held in Turkey from June 21 to July 14 2013.

The senior squad includes big names such as Socceroos skipper Lucas Neill, Jade North, Mark Milligan and Eugene Galekovic.

Osieck is eager to work with these players on the pitch next week.

“We currently have two groups of players, those that are still playing in their domestic leagues and those from Australia that are in their off-season,” he said.
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“The purpose of this training camp is to assess the physical standard of the players out of season and get them to a similar level compared to the other players.’’

The players from both squads will hold an open training session at Pluim Park, Lisarow, from 4.30pm on Wednesday, with an autograph signing session from 4pm.

The Young Socceroos squad includes five Jets – Connor Chapman, Josh Brillante, Andrew Hoole, Jack Duncan and Adam Taggart.
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