Poland Coach Pawel Janas Announces Squad For International Friendlies V U.S.A And Kaiserslautern - West Brom's Kuszczak Recalled

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Poland Coach Pawel Janas Announces Squad For International Friendlies V U.S.A And Kaiserslautern - West Brom's Kuszczak Recalled

Submitted by Scott Harkness on Tue, 14/02/2006 - 19:29.

Poland coach Pawel Janas has announced his squad for Poland's upcoming international friendly matches against the U.S.A and Kaiserslautern.

Janas has recalled the West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak, after an absence of almost two years, for Poland's two friendlies in the run-up to the World Cup Finals in June.

Janas named a 30-strong squad for the friendlies against Bundesliga side Kaiserslautern and Bruce Arena's U.S.A team, and the games will be played in Germany on February 28 and March 1. Janas has included Cyprus-based striker Lukasz Sosin, who may earn his first cap for his country.

Kuszczak has drawn wide acclaim in Poland for his consistent performances in the English Premier League over the last two seasons.

Kuszczak will be competing for a place with Liverpool's Jerzy Dudek, Celtic's Artur Boruc and Spartak Moscow keeper Wojciech Kowalewski for a maximum of three goalkeeping places in Janas' final World Cup squad.

Poland have been drawn in Group A in the World Cup Finals, and face Germany, Costa Rica and Ecuador.

Poland squad for friendlies (team to be chosen from):

Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Celtic), Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool), Wojciech Kowalewski (Spartak Moscow), Tomasz Kuszczak (West Bromwich Albion).

Defenders: Marcin Adamski (Rapid Vienna), Marcin Baszczynski (Wisla Krakow), Jacek Bak (Al-Rayan), Bartosz Bosacki (Lech Poznan), Mariusz Jop (FK Moscow), Tomasz Klos (Wisla Krakow), Marcin Kus (Queen's Park Rangers), Tomasz Rzasa (ADO Den Haag), Michal Zewlakow (Anderlecht).

Midfielders: Piotr Giza (Cracovia), Damian Gorawski (FK Moscow), Kamil Kosowski (Southampton), Jacek Krzynowek (Bayer Leverkusen), Mariusz Lewandowski (Shachtar Donieck), Sebastian Mila (Austria Vienna), Arkadiusz Radomski (Austria Wieden), Euzebiusz Smolarek (Borussia Dortmund), Radoslaw Sobolewski (Wisla Krakow), Miroslaw Szymkowiak (Trabzonspor), Maciej Scherfchen (Lech Poznan), Marcin Zajac (Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk).

Forwards: Tomasz Frankowski (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Andrzej Niedzielan (NEC Nijmegen), Grzegorz Rasiak (Southampton), Lukasz Sosin (Apollon Limassol), Maciej Zurawski (Celtic).

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