Bermuda goalkeeper Dwayne (Streaker) Adams has cited poor administration and lack of respect for players as factors in the national team's World Cup demise.

In what appeared to be a thinly veiled attack on Bermuda Football Association, coupled with a plea for more support for the team from the community, Adams said it was sad that national team players could not even gain a pair of boots for all the sacrifices they made to play for the team.

The 27-year-old plays at semi-professional level with Charlotte Eagles and has been involved in the national programme since the age of 12.

He said the administrative side of this year's short-lived World Cup campaign, which ended with the 1-1 draw against Antigua on Sunday, had compared poorly with 1992, when the team enjoyed their best-ever run in the competition.

"If I had to compare the administrative side of the last World Cup run with this one, I'd say it's been totally poor this time,'' said Adams.

"People may say I'm wrong to say that, but I can only speak from what I've seen of the way situations have been handled.

"The harmony in the team has not been there, but the problem comes from outside. A coach can only do so much.

"Some factors outside of soccer have been disappointing and they have led to disruption. Speaking from a player's standpoint, the national team players do not feel respected.

"It goes beyond the people who are involved with the team and it goes into administration.

"I think people in administration going on a trip abroad to play think we are getting a treat. But it's not a reward and it's not a holiday. I don't think the administration realises that and until they do realise it, we are going to continue to run into problems with players.'' Adams did not wish to go into more detail, but one of the problems he may have been referring to was highlighted by incidents in Antigua.

When the Bermuda team arrived at their hotel around midnight after a 12-hour journey, hungry and tired, they were told there was no food available for them.

With the prospect of training early next morning and no chance for breakfast beforehand, some players became frustrated and angry.

When they did train the next day, it was on an appalling, muddy surface unfit for playing football. Sources said these problems could have been avoided by sending out a representative two days prior to the team to check that facilities would be adequate.

And even though it is understood this request was made to the BFA, no action was taken.

"The reality of it is that we can't come back next week and play in the World Cup, so we have to look back and see where we went wrong,'' Adams said.

"I'm not here all the time, but when I do come back to join the team, the consensus is always a negative reaction to administration -- and when I say administration, that sometimes goes beyond the game itself.

"Players need to be treated better than they have been. You can't even get a sponsor to give a national team player a pair of boots. That's sad. A pair of boots should be the minimum you get when you play for your country.

"Players are giving up a lot to play for Bermuda. Some have two kids, or three, or four, and they are giving up time with their families to train and go on tour.

"Players are not compensated for their time. And I don't even mean being compensated financially. I mean just doing the things which make a player proud of playing for his country.

"At the end of a World Cup match, no-one comes in and says `good match, guys' and you have to wonder what's going on. Players are just not happy. Hopefully we can put things right before the next World Cup.'' Dwayne Adams: upset by what he termed as `poor administration' during the failed World Cup campaign.