Neither Kyle Lightbourne, Shaun Goater nor David Bascome will be back for Bermuda's important World Cup second round, second-leg qualifier against Antigua at the National Sports Centre tomorrow.

And while two strikers have been brought in, promising Southampton Rangers' marksman Rohaan Simons isn't one of them, which suggests he has quickly fallen out of favour... just weeks after technical director Clyde Best was praising him for his "high work ethic''.

Instead coaches Best and Robert Calderon have recalled Kenny Mills to the squad for the first time in this World Cup campaign. And untested college striker Colin Robinson -- who comes highly recommended by goalkeeper Dwayne (Streaker) Adams -- is also in the 18 for tomorrow's crucial match.

Best and Calderon have delayed naming the starting team which will include one, maybe two, changes from last weekend's side, with another front player -- Mills or John Barry Nusum -- starting alongside Stephen Astwood. Two players missing from the Antigua leg are college students Kofi Dill and Jemeiko Jennings and their places taken by Mills and Robinson.

Robinson is in college in North Carolina and was spotted by Adams who has been playing semi-pro football in that state. The coaches, as they did with Bermuda-born midfielder Tommy Carter, are taking a gamble with Robinson, though Carter has looked a quality player.

"We've had good readings from Streaker,'' said Best yesterday. "If he's good enough to play in college he's definitely good enough to play for us.'' Simons, who started in the last World Cup home match against BVI, has again been overlooked, though Best assured that the striker, who was sent off while playing for Southampton Rangers last Wednesday night, still featured in his plans.

"I feel we have enough strikers,'' said Best yesterday.

"It's not that Rohaan's not in our plans for the future, it's just that we have enough attacking. Stevie (Astwood) has done a tremendous job for us, and we've got to see what the new boy looks like, the boy that Streaker told us about. This is the chance to do it.

"It's a matter of trying to look at as many people as possible, because if we go on from here, you are going to need your best squad.'' After last weekend's 0-0 draw in Antigua, tomorrow's match will be about goals if Bermuda are to advance. But because of the team's failure to get an away goal, they must now beat their opponents because a score draw would eliminate Bermuda on the away goals rule.

Mills, who came on as a substitute in PHC's last two matches of the season, is a team-mate of Astwood's so that may work in his favour, while the powerfully built Nusum has been receiving accolades in college. Like Astwood, he is talented but still just a teenager.

Best didn't dwell too much on the failure to get Lightbourne back from Stoke City while indoor pro Bascome misses his third straight World Cup match.

"It's just something that happened, it's to do with the club,'' said Best of Lightbourne.

"He's not going to come and we have to put it into the back of our minds.'' An injury forced Bascome to miss the first leg in Antigua but he told The Royal Gazette this week that he was fit enough to play at least a half of the match. He also revealed in an article this week that he was unhappy at not being contacted by any of the coaches to check on his condition.

Goater had been told some time ago he would not be required for tomorrow's match as he chases promotion to the English Premier Division with Manchester City.

Meshach Wade, Bascome's Harrisburg Heat team-mate, is the only professional in the squad of 18, but Best still feels, even without his strongest team, the players can do the job.

"It's not so much the formation, it's just a matter of the players going out there on the field and getting the job done,'' he stressed.

"We've done all we can do, it's up to the players now.'' The match will be preceded at 12.30 by a women's game against the Bahamas as Bermuda's women's national team bid to qualify for the next round of the inaugural Women's Caribbean Championships in Haiti in mid-July. The second leg of this tie with the Bahamas will be played on May 14.

A third Bermuda national team will be attempting to qualify for the next round of an international tournament this weekend. The Bermuda under-15 team are in the US Virgin Islands for their second round, second-leg tie in the inaugural Caribbean Under-15 Championships.

The Bermuda youngsters, coached by Kenny Thompson, hold a 4-0 lead and are confident of advancing to the finals in Haiti in July.

Clyde Best: `We've done all we can do -- it's up to the players now.'