the occasion The Royal Gazette will publish a World Cup Special on Friday.

With the national team's first home game of the 2002 World Cup qualifiers coming up on Sunday against the British Virgin Islands, we will be giving away a 24-page pullout packed with features and information every soccer fan will want to read.

Included will be detailed profiles of the players and coaches who carry the Island's World Cup hopes on their shoulders and a match-by-match summary of Bermuda's 32-year history in the competition.

In words and pictures, we document how Bermuda romped to a 5-1 victory in the first leg in the BVI and we look back to the day the Island took on the soccer giants of Brazil.

Kyle Lightbourne talks about the glorious World Cup goal he will never forget during a 1992 run when soccer fever reached epidemic proportions on the Island.

Head coach Robert Calderon gives his thoughts on how far Bermuda can go this time and we examine the CONCACAF draw and results so far.

With a potted history of the World Cup also thrown in, plus a feature on the life of Pele, the greatest player who ever lived, you know this publication is not to be missed.

It's all free with Friday's edition of The Royal Gazette . Don't miss out.