team's recent defeats force him into making radical changes for the crucial clash against Canada in Vancouver on Sunday.

As the team was about to embark on a long trip to the west coast of Canada from Florida via Dallas and San Jose, Darrell said that he was only thinking about making one change at the moment, which was to bring someone in for centre-half Leroy Stevens.

Both Stevens and utility player Neil Robinson returned to Bermuda this week with injuries and will therefore not be considered for the Canada match.

Darrell's best option is to return Kentoine Jennings to a marking role and start Elliott Jennings if Kyle Lightbourne is not fully fit to play up front with Shawn Goater.

Darrell said that Lightbourne is recovering nicely from his bruised hip against Jamaica and "should be fine'' for the weekend.

While Darrell was reluctant to reveal his starting line-up he did say that he intended to add one of two defenders to the squad of 16, Kevin Grant and Lloyd Christopher.

"Right now it's a case of waiting and seeing until we get to Canada.

Basically I know what I want to do but at this early stage I can only confirm that there will not be any radical changes to the starting line-up,'' said the coach.

"There definitely will be one change because of Leroy's absence, but exactly which way we will go we will just have to wait and see.'' Unlike last Thursday when he was in the enviable position of being able to name his starting team early against Jamaica, Darrell said that things were a bit different this time -- mainly because of the injury to Stevens.

However, he indicated that this was not by any means a "problem'' as he was left with several options, all which did not weaken the team to any degree.

"Our position is definitely different from a week ago when we left here (Boca Raton, Florida), but we should be okay. Even without the two players the squad is still relatively strong and there is sufficient to choose from to rectify any problems that may arise,'' said Darrell.

He said that Stevens had some medical attention when they returned to Florida but was slow responding and it became clear that he would not be available for the Canada match.

"We decided to have him return home and receive further attention, which may enable him to be ready for the game against Canada in Bermuda,'' said Darrell.

Robinson, according to the coach, injured his back some time ago and it became progressively worse when he and Stevens were involved in a collision during a training session in Florida last week prior to the Jamaica game.

But the fact that the player has not been involved in a single World Cup game does not make his absence a major worry.

Since the Jamaica loss, Bermuda have returned to Florida and have worked out "satisfactorily'' for a two-day period. They had two sessions on Tuesday and on Wednesday had a "kick-about'' with Florida Atlantic University in a game that Darrell was able to use most of the players who have not seen regular action in the qualifying round.

With the amount of soccer the team has played during the last three weeks Darrell said that the work-outs they have had since Sunday's game were sufficient to prepare them for Canada.

His main concern is keeping their minds sharp enough for this last away match.

"I have seen no negative signs from this extended trip. There have been no complaints as far as homesickness is concerned,'' he said. "Our task has been to try to maintain a high level of intensity among the players and keep them focussed on what is ahead, and I think we are doing very well at this.'' News that a petition was being circulated to have Andrew Bascome added to the squad had reached the team but the coach and team officials were not interested in commenting on it at this time. "I have no reaction to anything like that whatsoever,'' said Darrell.

The team arrived in Vancouver last night after being held up for three hours by Canadian Immigration.

BFA administrative assistant Joe L. Brown yesterday confirmed that the problem arose over some players having the new issue passports while others had the old.

Somerset Trojans will hope to have a bigger league lead to add to their Martonmere Cup celebrations when they face Devonshire Colts at Somerset CC tonight (9 p.m.).

Somerset, who beat PHC 1-0 in Wednesday's final, lead Hotels on goal difference with five points from three games. Colts are a point behind.

Tonight's first game is in the Women's Division where champions Telecom face Rude Girls at 7 p.m.

STARS OF THE SHOW -- Bermuda's David Bascome and Hector Wright of Jamaica battle for possession during Sunday's match in Kingston. Picture: Lawence Trott.