Experienced campaigners such as Mark Schwarzer, Harry Kewell, Mark Bresciano, Vince Grella and Jason Culina are all included with numerous Olyroos also travelling to Queensland with the likes of skipper Mark Milligan, James Holland and Ruben Zadkovich all featuring on the list.

A notable absentee though is skipper Neill who remains in England with his partner who is due to give birth shortly.

The players selected (and their current clubs) are:
Danny Allsopp (Melbourne Victory)

Michael Beauchamp (FC Nurnberg)

Mark Bresciano (Palermo)

Mark Bridge (Sydney FC)

Jacob Burns (FC Unirea Valahorum)

Nick Carle (Bristol City FC)

David Carney (Sheffield United)

Ante Covic (Newcastle United Jets)

Chris Coyne (Colchester United)

Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven)

Bruce Djite (Adelaide United)

Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers)

Adam Federici (Reading)

Vincenzo Grella (Torino)

Adam Griffiths (Newcastle United Jets)

Joel Griffiths (Newcastle United Jets)

James Holland (Newcastle United Jets)

Brett Holman (NEC Nijmegen)

Mile Jedinak (Central Coast Mariners)

Harry Kewell (Liverpool)

Scott McDonald (Celtic)

Mark Milligan (Uncontracted)

Jade North (Newcastle United Jets)

Michael Petkovic (Sivasspor)

Nikita Rukavytsya (Perth Glory)

Mark Schwarzer (Fulham)

Matthew Spiranovic (FC Nurnberg)

Mile Sterjovski (Derby County)

Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Perth Glory)

James Troisi (Newcastle United)

Carl Valeri (US Grosseto)

Rodrigo Vargas (Melbourne Victory)

Luke Wilkshire (FC Twente)

Ruben Zadkovich (Derby County FC)

Verbeek will name the players to travel to the Middle East for the return leg against Iraq in Dubai (7 June) and against Qatar in Doha (14 June) after next week's match.