BERMUDA'S national head football coach Kenny Thompson named a 25-man squad for the two friendly matches against Barbados next month ahead of the 2010 World Cup qualfying games against Trinidad.

And Thompson has brought a few players back into the national team fold ¿ Kofi Dill, Ralph Bean and two younger players are also included namely keeper Mykal Crockwell from Dandy Town and Devonshire Cougars' Randy Robinson.

Thompson, who recently took over the head coaching duties from Keith Tucker, also said he is still searching for an assistant coach after Somerset's Dennis Brown was forced to turn down the job because of other commitments.

But the national team's goalkeepers, Tim Figuerido, Jason Williams and Crockwell will be given a boost ahead the two matches against Barabdos and the Trinidad games as Fulham's head goalkeeping coach Vic Bettinelli is being brought in to work with the players as well as other keepers and coaches in Bermuda.

Bermuda Football Association technical director Derek Broadley said: "I want Vic to work with not just the goalkeepers but also with the island's coaches and we will also open up the sessions to goalkeepers all around the island."

Thompson said that it was good to have Dill and Bean back in the squad.

"It was a difficult squad to put together," he said. "We have a pool of over 25 players including some Under 20s who are very close to being selected into the (senior) national team. It was a challenge but a good challenge to have from a coach's standpoint. It took some thought to put this group together.

"We are taking the Barbados matches seriously to get ready for the Trinidad matches."

Bermuda will take on Barbados at the National Sports Centre on June 6 and 9 before travelling to Trinidad for the first leg of the World Cup qualifying tie on June 15. The return leg in Bermuda will be staged on June 22 and Thompson said it was important for Bermuda to get something out of the game in Trinidad.

"When we play them there we have to get a good result so we can come back home with a chance of winning the tie," he said adding that he hoped that the situation would be similar to that against El Salvador in qualifying for the last World Cup.

"Looking at the last situation in El Salvador, we came back 2-1 behind and a 1-0 victory here would have put us through so that was a very good situation to be in. We would like to think we can come back from Trinidad with something," he said.

Meanwhile Trinidad's danger man, striker Kenwyne Jones who plays for Sunderland in the Premiership, said he and his teammates will not be taking Bermuda for granted when they meet next month.

He told FIFA.com: "Sure, we will be favourites up against Bermuda. But that doesn't mean we've won the games already. This is an opponent who won to get the chance to play us and we need to respect them and get on with our business. They may not be the biggest name in the world, but they will be hungry to push us."

While Trinidad is one of the powerhouses of Concacaf having played at the World Cup finals in Germany two years ago, the country is having its fair share of football problems right now.

This week the friendly against England, which is scheduled for June 1, was at risk and could be cancelled due to a domestic row over rental terms for the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation are in a dispute with the Ministry of Sports over advertising issues, rental fees and other elements of an agreement the TTFF said was changed last week by the ministry, which owns the ground.

On Wednesday, Jack Warner, a TTFF 'special advisor' and FIFA vice-president, said unless the terms were changed or an injunction against the sports minister was successful the England match would be cancelled.

"If the minister does not answer and withdraw this agreement, we have authorised (our attorney) to file an injunction to restrain the minister for imposing these conditions. If the injunction fails, the match fails, I refund people their money and apologise to the world.

"If the injunction wins, then the game is on. If the minister chooses to withdraw this today, then there is no injunction, the game is on, " Warner, who is also joint-leader of the country's opposition party, said on local radio.

The dispute is the latest in a series of spats involving the TTFF and comes after it was ordered this week by an arbitration panel in London to pay its 2006 World Cup squad extensive bonuses.

The players, who have been refusing to play for the national team due to the nearly two-year long dispute, were told by the panel they should receive half the country's participation money and commercial revenues and income from pre-tournament friendly matches.

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The squad for the friendly matches against Barbados is:

Tim Figuerido, Jason Williams, Mykal Crockwell, Kevin Richards, Marquel Waldron, Kofi Dill, Omar Shakir, Antonio Lowe, Darius Cox, Jonathan Ball, Meshach Wade, Sammy DeGraff, Jemeiko Jennings, Randy Robinson, Reggie Lambe, Khano Smith, Kwame Steede, Keishen Bean, Ralph Bean, John Nusum, Tyrell Burgess, Seion Darrell, Jason Davis, Damon Ming, Domico Coddington.