Bermuda head coach Robert Calderon will be happy to change a winning team for tonight's second match against the Cayman Islands at BAA Field (kick-off 8.00 p.m.).

Although he was delighted with the efforts of the players who produced some exciting, fluent football to defeat the Caribbean side 3-1 in Thursday's first encounter, he wants to give the rest of his 19-man squad their chance tonight.

"When you have two matches together like this, the first one is the real litmus test and the second one gives you a chance to use different players,'' said Calderon.

"So we will certainly be playing a very different team on Saturday from the one that won on Thursday.'' Calderon and technical director Clyde Best are using the friendly internationals to give players their chance to stake a claim for a part to play in next year's World Cup qualifiers.

Both were thrilled with Thursday's performance, to the point of being surprised by their own players.

"Given the fact that there were so many changes from the last time we played, it was a tremendous result,'' said Calderon.

He felt that the sweeper system employed by the team was conducive to new players being able to slot in comfortably.

"If you have enough players behind the ball, you know you are not going to get exposed defensively,'' said the coach. "That is why so many developing football nations like us use it. But the players have to behave professionally to do it properly.'' Meshach Wade, used as a midfielder in recent years by club and country, looked comfortable as the last defender on Thursday, replacing the injured Shannon Burgess. But Calderon emphasised this was not a permanent positional change for Wade.

"Meshach is an outstanding football player and has a lot of experience of playing as a sweeper and does it well. But on Saturday, he could well be in midfield again.'' Calderon felt his entire team had played well on Thursday, but singled out a few outstanding individuals.

"I thought Tokia Russell and Otis Steede had excellent games. Tokia gives us the pace from the full back and midfield positions we've been looking for and gives us an alternative to Andrew Rahman. And I thought Karl Roberts played superbly in the centre of defence too.'' But the experimentation allowed by the two-match series against the Caymans has not involved only younger players.

Paul Cann, now in his early 30s, who had not played for the national team since May, 1998, in the Caribbean Cup qualifiers in the Cayman Islands, made a promising return on Thursday.

Calderon believed that bringing back a veteran for experimental friendlies was not a backward step for Bermuda.

He explained: "Paul Cann is an excellent footballer and a country with our resources cannot afford not to use good players -- especially with the World Cup games coming up next year.

"We could not consider him for the Caribbean Cup this year because he was still away in school finishing off his degree. But he has played in semi-professional leagues in the US and he is still a good player.''