Source: Team_Talk
Cahill committed to Socceroos
Australia midfielder Tim Cahill remains hopeful he will feature in Saturday's international friendly against Paraguay in Sydney.[LNB] Cahill, who has been plagued by a knee injury in recent weeks, moved freely at training on Thursday and is upbeat over his prospects of taking his place in the starting side.[LNB]"It's hard and it's up to the manager and obviously we have good personnel who can hopefully do a great job against Paraguay, but if everything goes well this week then I have every possible chance," Cahill said.[LNB]"It's all right. I trained today and I had a good run-out.[LNB]"The things is I'm not one to dramatise about injuries and things like that. The only thing is sometimes you have to think about the bigger picture.[LNB]"This is a friendly and I'm back here to show my commitment to the team and the players.[LNB]"There's so many players here who want to start and everyone's fighting for a spot, but I've got a massive derby to go back to as well [Everton play Liverpool on October 17].[LNB]"I wanted to basically make sure that my country's just the biggest priority and Everton is as well.[LNB]"It's hard to try to keep everything level pegging but you can't keep everyone happy and the thing is Everton know that I give everything to them and so do Australia."[LNB]Meanwhile, Socceroos goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has been crowned the 2010 Footballer of the Year at the second annual Australian Football Awards in Sydney.[LNB]It was a big night for the Fulham custodian, who also claimed Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Player of the Year honours.[LNB]Schwarzer received 392 votes from his fellow professionals, just seven clear of last year's winner Cahill, with AZ Alkmaar attacking midfielder Brett Holman finishing third with 196 votes.[LNB]It was not all bad news for Cahill, however, with the Everton star voted Australia's most outstanding international player for 2009-10 by the Football Media Association (FMA) of Australia.[LNB]Cahill, who played in 10 of the Socceroos' 15 games in the period of the award, scored seven times in the green and gold.[LNB]He also played 43 matches and scored 17 goals for the Toffees in 2009-10.
