JOHANNESBURG, Aug 14 - Injury has ruled out
English-based Shaun Bartlett and Quinton Fortune from South
Africa's squad for their friendly international against Iceland
in Reykjavik on Wednesday.
Coach Stuart Baxter named an 18-man squad on Sunday for the
match, including 18-year-old striker Lebogang Mokoena who made
his debut in the CONCACAF Gold Cup last month.
The side also includes five locally-based players from the
inexperienced team that lost in a penalty shootout on Saturday
to Zambia in the Cosafa Castle Cup semi-final.
Squad:
Goalkeeper: Rowen Fernandez (Kaizer Chiefs), Hans Vonk (Ajax
Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Defenders: Bevan Fransman (Kaizer Chiefs), Ricardo Katza
(SuperSport United), Lucky Lekgwathi (Orlando Pirates), Aaron
Mokoena (Blackburn Rovers, England), Nasief Morris
(Panathinaikos, Greece),
Midfielders: Delron Buckley (Borussia Dortmund, Germany),
Phil Evans (SuperSport United), Mbulelo Mabizela (Valerenga,
Norway), Steven Pienaar (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), Elrio van
Heerden (FC Copenhagen, Denmark), Benedict Vilakazi (Orlando
Pirates), Sibusiso Zuma (Arminia Bielefeld, Germany)
Strikers: Benni McCarthy (FC Porto, Portugal), Lebogang
Mokoena (Orlando Pirates), Lungisani Ndlela (SuperSport United),
Siyabonga Nomvete (Udinese, Italy).