City players named for Wales' USA trip

Daniel Gabbidon, Rhys Weston and Robert Earnshaw have been named in a 29 man initial squad for the friendly v USA in San Hose, California on May 26th. Hughes will trim his squad to 20 for the trip but before then he will have to wait to see what teams make the play off finals. There are Welsh players in the Sheff Utd, Reading, Notts Forest and Cardiff teams any of whom could be in play off final action on the weekend before the international.

Hughes has named 10 players on standy by, they include Steve Jenkins and Lee Fowler.

For once I wish that no Cardiff City players represent their country. I hope they are all in Cardiff that Bank Holiday weekend.

Wales Squad: Paul Jones (Southampton), Mark Crossley (Middlesbrough), Darren Ward (Nottingham Forest), Danny Coyne (Grimsby Town), Andy Melville (Fulham), Kit Symons (Crystal Palace), Robert Page (Sheffield United) Mark Delaney (Aston Villa), Darren Barnard (Grimsby Town), Adrian Williams (Reading), Danny Gabbidon (Cardiff City), Rhys Weston (Cardiff City), Gary Speed (Newcastle United), Mark Pembridge (Everton), Robbie Savage (Birmingham), Simon Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Matthew Jones (Leicester City), Carl Robinson (Portsmouth), Andy Johnson (WBA), Paul Trollope (Northampton Town), John Oster (Sunderland), Jason Koumas (WBA), David Vaughan (Crewe Alexandra), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) John Hartson (Celtic), Nathan Blake (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Craig Bellamy (Newcastle United), Gareth Taylor (Burnley), Robert Earnshaw (Cardiff City).

Players on stand by: Steve Jenkins (Cardiff City), Simon Haworth (Tranmere Rovers), Gareth Roberts (Tranmere Rovers), Neil Roberts (Wigan Athletic), Rhys Day (Mansfield Town), Lee Fowler (Cardiff City), David Pipe (Coventry City), Christian Roberts (Bristol City), Stephen Roberts (Wrexham), Jamie Tolley (Shrewsbury Town)