International Career
McCormack made his début for the Scotland U21 in 2006. He scored his first goal for the side on 11 October 2007 against Lithuania and scored again in his next appearance, a 4–0 victory over Slovenia U21s. McCormack has won a total of ten caps for the under-21 side.
He made his début for the senior side on 30 May 2008 when he came on as a substitute during the 3–1 defeat of Czech Republic. His second call-up for the national side came in November 2008 when he was named in the squad to face Argentina but was forced to withdraw due to a hamstring injury. McCormack was called up again in March 2009 for the Fifa World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Netherlands and Iceland. He started both matches, scoring his first goal for Scotland in a 2–1 win over Iceland on 1 April 2009.
After some impressive late season form for Leeds, McCormack earned a recall to the Scotland squad for Scotland's matches against Wales and the Republic of Ireland; however, Leeds teammate Robert Snodgrass missed out on the squad with a back injury . McCormack started the game for Scotland against Wales, Scotland won the game 3–1.
Scotland manager Craig Levein received several complaints for not including the in-form McCormack in his Scotland squad in their final two European Championship qualifiers. McCormack received a call up to the Scotland squad in August 2012, and scored his second international goal in Scotland's 3-1 win over Australia.
McCormack received a call-up to Gordon Strachan's first Scotland squad for the friendly against Estonia in February 2013 but pulled out of the squad after suffering an illness.
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