May 22 2005

Tom Soares

Tom Soares and Wayne Routledge have been called up to the England U20 squad for next month's Toulon Tournament in France.

It will be Soares' first taste of international action after an impressive debut season for Palace in which the 18-year-old won Young Player of the Year.

Routledge, 20, featured for the U21s in March and will be one of the senior members of the U20 squad.

England play Tunisia on June 2, Portugal on June 4 and South Korea on June 6.

Full squad: Darren Ambrose (Newcastle United); Andy Davies (Middlesbrough); Anton Ferdinand (West Ham United); Scott Flinders (Barnsley); Greg Halford (Colchester United); Justin Hoyte (Arsenal); Ian Henderson (Norwich City); Tom Huddlestone (Derby County); James Milner (Newcastle United); David Nugent (Preston North End); Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham United); Liam Ridgewell (Aston Villa); Liam Rosenior (Fulham) Wayne Routledge (Crystal Palace); Tom Soares (Crystal Palace); Steven Taylor (Newcastle United); John Welsh (Liverpool); Peter Whittingham (Aston Villa); Bradley Wright-Phillips (Manchester City); Jamie Young (Reading).