Oct 20, 2009
Story Timeline: 39 days
By Liam FitzGibbon, AAP October 20, 2009, 2:16 pm The Socceroos will head to next year's World Cup boasting an attacking weapon more potent than many of world's top strikers in midfielder Tim Cahill. Cahill's phenomenal scoring rate for his country now outshines a host of football's biggest names including Wayne Rooney, Fernando Torres, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The Everton midfielder's match-winning goal against Oman in Melbourne last week was his 19th in 36 games for the Socceroos, illustrating just how vital he has become to Australia's success in recent years. Of the teams already qualified for South Africa 2010, only a handful boast star attackers with a better international strike rate than Cahill's return of .53 goals per game for his country. Only Brazil's Luis Fabiano (.76), Ivory Coast and Chelsea hitman...
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