ST. JOHNS, Antigua -- Goalkeeper Dwayne Adams is giving his Bermuda team-mates another scare over his health on the eve of a World Cup qualifier when he showed up at the airport in Bermuda with severely swollen eyes.

The teenager had to go to the hospital in the early hours of yesterday morning after a seafood meal at a local restaurant caused his face to swell up.

"It started with a slight bump, which I thought was a mosquito bite but then I got another one and then my eye started to irritate me,''Adams explained yesterday.

Puffiness was noticeable around his eye but a shot and some medication had helped to reduce the swelling by the time the team arrived yesterday afternoon in Antigua for their World Cup first-round, first-leg qualifier tomorrow.

"They asked me at the hospital if I was allergic to fish and I said, `no' but they said `you are now', which I don't understand because I have been eating fish all my life.'' The knee problem, and now this latest incident, has left the youngster wondering what else can go wrong.

"The first thing I thought is it wasn't meant for me to play in this next match, '' he said.

In his present condition, Adams feels that he will be able to play tomorrow though he intends to be very careful about what he eats.

"If I cannot make it I will let the coach know but at this stage it's not really bothering me. I was afraid to eat on the plane because I thought it might react again,'' he added.

The Bermuda team will train at the Recreation Ground this afternoon at 3 p.m.

by which time manager Gary Darrell should have finalised his 16 for the match.

"They went through their Caribbean Cup qualifiers without giving up a goal, '' noted Darrell.

"What we don't want to do is put ourselves under pressure with a bad result down here.'' The match starts at 4.45 p.m. Bermuda time and will be broadcast live on ZBM Radio 1340.

The Antigua side that lines up against Bermuda will be very different from the one that lost 3-0 at the National Stadium here two years ago.

Andy Christian, their first-choice goalkeeper then, is now playing semi-pro ball in Germany and will not be back for the match. Keithley Greene replaces him between the posts.

Six members of the side beaten by Bermuda in that 1990 friendly are still in the national team. Their biggest concern must be the fitness of striker Derek Edwards who scored all three goals against the Netherland Antilles in their second leg World Cup qualifier.

Edwards has a hairline fracture on his instep and is not expected to be fit until the return leg in Bermuda on July 4.

Quinton Clarke, who netted the goal in the 1-1 away draw in the first leg, was a substitute in both matches against Bermuda in 1990.

Some of the new players in the Antigua team are forwards Gary Gonzalves, brother of another team member Everton, Algin Isaac, and Vaughn Christopher, who scored the winner against St. Kitts in the Shell Caribbean Cup.

Ivor Luke, a defender, is the new captain of the team while Irving Lewis is the second choice 'keeper. Another key defender is Sowbey Gomes who recently completed a degree in the United States.

DWAYNE ADAMS -- More worries.