Stoke City striker Kenwyne Jones is confident about Trinidad’s World Cup qualifying chances and has described their second round group games as a ‘warm up’ for the tougher rounds ahead.Trinidad are no longer ranked as one of the top seeds in the Concacaf region, and therefore must negotiate a safe passage past Bermuda, Barbados and Guyana before they can advance to the business end of the qualifiers.But rather than view those games as a hindrance they could do without, Jones who missed Trinidad’s previous campaign due to a serious knee injury believes they will help the Caribbean giants dust off some cobwebs and groove their way into form.“Well, a draw is a draw. We now know what is ahead of us in order to advance in the qualification for Brazil,” Jones told the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation’s (T&TFF) website.“No game is an easy one in international football today. Hopefully, we can get a good start and build our momentum in the second round for the semi-final stages.“By then the team would have been playing together for a few matches well and we will be in tune for the semi-final, which obviously is going to be a lot tougher with Mexico and Costa Rica in our group.“Our aim obviously is to move to the final round and then force our way through to the World Cup. It’s not impossible.”Jones, who scored nine goals in the Premier League last season, is among several UK-based professionals in Trinidad’s squad including Ipswich Town pair Carlos Edwards and Jason Scotland. However, Trinidad will be without former top players Dwight Yorke, Stern John and David Lawrence who have all retired from international football in recent years.Trinidad have not played an international match since the start of the year. They were scheduled to meet Haiti in Port-au-Prince on August 10 but that match has been cancelled due to a lack of funding.Despite their financial issues, T&TFF president Oliver Camps already has one eye on the next stage of the competition and believes the second round draw holds no fear for the Soca Warriors.“Firstly I must say the second round looks good for us and it will give our coach a good opportunity to see his team develop a chemistry in those early matches,” he said.“But the third round is where the intensity of the competition really increases and it’s going to be a difficult journey for us but certainly one which we can overcome with the right planning, preparation and execution.“Of course the final round is another hurdle which I remain optimistic that we can demonstrate our capabilities fully to be among the qualifiers for the World Cup,” Camps said.“It is rather unfortunate that we have had to cancel our trip to Haiti. The Ministry of Sport is unable to assist and currently the federation is unable to meet those costs to take our best team to Haiti for the match.“But I want to ensure the followers of our national team that the federation will do what it can to ensure that we find the funding.”Trinidad became the smallest nation, both in size and population, to ever qualify for a World Cup when they reached the finals in 2006.