Soccer League team Harrisburg Heat but it will possibly be his last in indoor soccer.

Bascome confirmed he is interesting in playing professionally outdoors and will be weighing his options in the next few months.

In the meantime, though, he will be staying with Harrisburg, having signed a new contract three days ago. Now he is preparing for the start of the season on Sunday when Harrisburg take on Cleveland Crunch.

"I don't think I'm going to play indoor anymore after this season,'' Bascome, 24, disclosed.

One of his reasons is because the indoor surface, according to doctors, is hampering the player's recovery from a back injury.

"I've got to take it cautiously because of the back injury I had from my first year. The doctors think the indoor surface has something to do with it,'' said the Bermuda national team player.

"It's the same injury I had during the World Cup. They (doctors) think I should take a break and strengthen my back, but it has not been bothering me.'' Bascome spent a spell towards the end of last season with the indoor team in Colorado because the Heat had met their quota of overseas players. Now, that situation has been resolved and he is looking forward to a full season with the team, who reached the play-offs.

"Two of the green card players didn't come back this year so it left the door open for me,'' he explained. "I've had to wait my turn.'' In the month that Bascome has been back in the United States he also played a few games with the New Jersey Nationals, a pro team in the Super Professional Outdoor League. Because he is anxious to remain in the Philadelphia area, that could be one of Bascome's options when he decides to look for an outdoor team in 1994.

"I played a couple of games with them but because it was late in their season I didn't want to get into a yearly contract with them until I had sorted things out with Harrisburg,'' Bascome explained.

"They made the play-offs last year and got up to the semifinals. They really did well, so it's going to be a new start for me. I'm just hoping to stay injury-free.'' Bascome has also been doing some coaching in the Pennsylvania area at both high school and college level, one college being Messiah College where there are three Bermudians, including women's player Nakita Dill who is on a partial scholarship.

"I've also been assistant coach at a high school,'' he said. "It's a good start and the opportunities are there. I'm looking to settle in this area for a while.

"You don't get too many outdoor coaches looking at indoor players but I've been sending out resumes and I'm pretty sure something will come up. It's up to me what I want to do.

"For a player, if he doesn't get into outdoor around World Cup time the best thing to be doing is coaching. I've been getting a lot of offers for coaching.

I've got to decide what I want to do next year.'' Bascome is one of three Bermuda players playing professionally abroad and the only one in the United States. Bermuda team-mates Kyle Lightbourne and Shawn Goater, with whom Bascome conducted soccer clinics here last summer for youngsters, are both playing professionally in England.

All three were a part of Bermuda's World Cup campaign last year and Bascome is looking forward to representing his country again in the future.

"That's number one,'' he said. "I put my job on the line for my country, so that must tell you something. Despite what I went through last year it was worth it.'' DAVID BASCOME -- The Bermuda international, right, in action against Jamaica during last year's World Cup campaign. He plans to end his indoor career after this season and look into outdoor and coaching options.