on Monday evening as they headed back to their respective destinations following World Cup defeats the day before in El Salvador and Canada.

While the Bermuda tour party was boarding transportation for the drive to Boca Raton, the Jamaicans were upstairs preparing to fly back home following their 1-0 loss in Toronto which leaves them still without a win in the group.

But the two teams certainly won't be missing each other on Sunday when they battle in a match in Kingston that will have a strong bearing on who advances to the next round.

Last-placed Jamaica desperately need a first win while second-from-bottom Bermuda cannot afford another loss, especially with two matches against group leaders Canada still to come.

Bermuda went back in training at their camp in Florida yesterday with a couple of sessions that they hope will help put the disappointment of Sunday's 4-1 defeat to El Salvador out of their minds.

Four of the Bermuda players who have made significant contributions in the three matches so far -- goalkeeper Dwayne Adams, defender/midfielder Kentoine Jennings and forwards Kyle Lightbourne and Shawn Goater -- all agree Bermuda were below par on Sunday.

"Actually I think they were more impressive because we allowed them to play,'' said man of the match Adams who made a string of important saves, including one from a first half freekick that must rate as one of his best.

"We didn't shut them down like in Bermuda. They are a well managed team, with off the ball running. Their game plan is solid, if one player is running another is making a blind side run which gives the man on the ball plenty of options.'' Both Goater and Lightbourne admitted Bermuda were often short in numbers up front, as Goater often had to drop back to help get things going in midfield.

"The players have seen the tape of the game and we realise that we didn't get forward enough,'' said Goater.

"I also thought we weren't tough enough. We had said that if they were going to come at us I would go into the midfield so after about five minutes I dropped back. But the balls weren't staying up front. I was in and out of the midfield until the second half.

"We realised on the day we should have stepped that extra man up front and we did it in the second half. When David (Bascome) came on he created some new openings and made them wary of him. That made them think defensively.'' Goater, Lightbourne and Jennings have scored Bermuda's three goals in this second round, and if Bermuda is to bounce back from that loss in El Salvador chances will have to be created and put away by the likes of Goater and Lightbourne.

With Goater dropping back Lightbourne was usually the lone player up front.

"Just about every time the ball came up in the first half it was only me up there,'' Lightbourne explained.

"I felt the second half was better for the team and we started to come into the game, but by then the game was almost out of our reach. Now it's a case of just trying to bounce back for Sunday.'' Jennings, who has been used in both defence and midfield in this World Cup campaign, says the team is now focused on the next match, with Sunday's loss now behind them.

"It wasn't one of our best team performances,'' he admitted. "We weren't organised enough and it showed El Salvador were organised and had a game plan.

I wasn't too pleased with my personal performance, I felt I could have done more to help the team out.'' Jennings says Bermuda still has a good chance of qualifying for the next round. "Against Jamaica we need to be more physical, don't allow them to play and get our own game going,'' he says.

"There is still plenty of hope with three games to go. We're only a point from the top and all we need is a good result in Jamaica. The main thing is not to lose.

"Everybody wants to do well and we're not going to give up without a fight.

We all want to be in the World Cup, it's really important to us. We acknowledge the loss and we acknowledge the mistakes we made, but one loss doesn't put you out of it. We just have to learn from what happened against El Salvador.'' CATCH ME IF YOU CAN -- Jorge Alberto (Magico) Gonzalez, who scored El Salvador's second goal, uses his speed to get past Bermuda captain Meshach Wade during Sunday's clash. Picture by Lawrence Trott. More pictures on page 22.