Western United coach John Aloisi has hailed Josh Risdon's quality as the forgotten Socceroo makes a late charge towards a World Cup berth.
Risdon started every group stage match at the 2018 World Cup but between injuries and falling down the pecking order, he hasn't played for the Socceroos since January 2019.
The 30-year-old told AAP this week he hasn't heard from Socceroos coach Graham Arnold recently but pushing for national team selection remained a goal.
Risdon did himself no harm by blanketing Macarthur FC young gun and fellow Socceroos bolter Daniel Arzani in Friday night's 1-1 A-League Men draw at AAMI Park.
"I don't even need to talk about him because I think his performances speak for itself," Aloisi told reporters.
"He comes up against top wingers in our league every week and he puts on great performances every week.
"So I'm not the national team coach. I'm not going to start to say that he should be in a national team.
"That's up to Graham Arnold, who he selects and who he thinks is in his mind for that right fullback position.
"But I'm happy with the way Josh is going and if he keeps on performing like that, then we're only going to be better as a team."
Macarthur counterpart Dwight Yorke admitted young gun Arzani had a difficult night out against Risdon.
"He's done alright. He's not really set the game on fire but we knew that this game was going to be a test and that's another challenge," he said.
"When you become a player that everyone talks about and he has his ability to do special things, you're going to get special attention.
"And tonight, he's come up against an old fox who has been around the block a little bit."
Former wunderkind De Silva was influential in midfield and Yorke doubled down on comments during the week that the 25-year-old, yet to make his Socceroos debut, should be in the picture.
"You can't fault Danny as far as I'm concerned," Yorke told reporters.
"I put it out there because I've had the experience of international football, I've had the experience of playing at the very top.
"When I see a damn good player in Danny - that's exactly what I watch - it's my duty as a manager to push someone like his class to get into the Australian team.
"It's not my decision to make, to pick the squad, but I know what quality play he's got."
