Under-23 captain Dwayne (Streaker) Adams confirmed yesterday that he confronted team-mates about drug use during the ill-fated Jamaican tour.

His comments are the first made by any player on the squad and come in the wake of startling revelations that Bermuda Football Association (BFA) officials were made aware of drug problems on the team 10 days before seven players were nabbed by Customs officials in Miami.

"I spoke with all the players individually and in the group,'' Adams revealed yesterday.

"As captain I went to the guys and said to them `is there something that you are doing?' I said if you are then you should be more of a man.

"I spoke to the guys and said, `Hey, you've got to work on it, but I'm one that doesn't dwell on somebody else, I take care of me.'' Adams, however, denied ever seeing anyone smoking marijuana during the tour although he took the initiative to discuss the matter during a team meeting in Jamaica.

The goalkeeper was referring to the meeting held on November 30, exactly 48 hours before the Under-23s drew 0-0 with Canada in the first leg of a Pan-Am Games qualifying tie in Kingston, Jamaica.

The meeting was mentioned by BFA Technical Director of Coaching Burkhard Ziese in a letter he wrote to CONCACAF president Jack Warner and obtained by The Royal Gazette at the weekend.

According to Ziese, three players -- Marvin Lewis, Kevin Jennings and Raynel Lightbourne -- confessed during the session that they had a drug problem.

"We were open about everything,'' said Adams, who is also goalkeeper for First Division club BAA. "Everybody was opening up about everything.'' Adams was one of several individuals connected with the tour submitting reports yesterday to Sports Minister Pam Gordon.

"Basically I'm just going over what's already been said,'' he admitted.

"It's just a matter of me writing a report on how the trip went.'' Adams played in all four of Bermuda's games in Jamaica, re-establishing himself as Bermuda's number one goalkeeper, showing similar spark he exhibited during the World Cup qualfying run in 1992.

Selected captain of the Under-23s before the trip to Jamaica, Adams rejected claims by a Canadian team official that players were smoking marijuana in the Bermuda dressing room.

"How stupid can that be?'' said Adams. "The coaches are there, the players are there. What are we going to have? A pot session in our changing room? That's crazy.'' Adams said he would not write about the team's drug problems in his report to Gordon because "I don't think it's necessary to focus on those problems. Yes, I understand that's what's happened, but I think since I've been back it's never once been mentioned about the (four) matches we've played.'' Anxious to continue in his role as captain if the team goes to Argentina next March, Adams said he saw no need to be more vigilant about watching for drugs because "I never really had to go to a player and say `hey, you're smoking.' I didn't see anything. I can't accuse anyone of doing anything if I didn't see them do it.

"Even those guys (arrested in Miami) told me that they know nothing about what happened. To a Bermudian, well, they are our blood. We have to stick by them and stay on their side. I hope those guys come out of the situation. I would like to see this all change and get more of a positive focus toward March. We need to start focussing on the players that are here.'' Adams said that turmoil before and after the tour "makes you a better person.

It's just a matter of taking the good with the bad.'' DWAYNE ADAMS -- Captain of Under-23 squad.