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Trinidad and Tobago's national footballers arrived in Chicago just after 6pm on Sunday for Wednesday's World Cup Qualifier.

Head coach Francisco Maturana and a 20-man squad checked in at the Chicago Marriot, South West hotel and will have their first training session at the Toyota Park from 6pm on Monday.

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Maturana will have the services of defender Makan Hislop following his one match suspension but influential midfielder Dwight Yorke who captained the team in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Guatemala did not travel to Chicago and will not play on Wednesday. Yorke's niggling groin injury as well as an ankle blow received against Guatemala has forced him to miss the encounter and he was scheduled to return to Sunderland on Sunday.

Yorke told the T&T management that he wanted to avoid any conflict in the matter, saying that it was best if injury be given of his reason.However, while admitting a high amount of respect for Sunderland manager Roy Keane, Yorke admitted that the Irish man had ordered his recall via a text message.

Defender Avery John is also out on a double yellow card suspension but Akile Edwards returns from a four match suspension to fill that void in the left back position.

"We will play our game as we intend to which is to try to be positive and attempt to get the three points. No game is easy and circumstances change but you have to be ready and we will do our best to be ready for Wednesday," Maturana told TTFF media.

"Nothing is a guarantee in football but I believe that we can achieve anything once we go about it in the right way. This we will try to do especially after what for us was a disappointing way to end the game versus Guatemala," he added. (Photo:AP, Sept 7,2008)

 T&T Squad:Marvin Phillip (W Connection), Jan Michael Williams (Ferencvaros), Keyeno Thomas (Joe Public), Julius James (Toronto FC, Dennis Lawrence (Swansea City), Carlos Edwards (Sunderland), Cyd Gray (Clico San Juan Jabloteh), Keon Daniel (Petrotrin), Andre Toussaint (W Connection), Jason Scotland (Swansea), Cornell Glen (unattached), Anthony Wolfe (North East Stars), Densill Theobald (Caledonia), Clyde Leon (United Petrotrin), Osei Telesford (Puerto Rico Islanders), Kerry Baptiste (Joe Public), Akeil Guevera (North East), Gyasi Joyce (Caledonia AIA), Makan Hislop (United Petrotrin), Akile Edwards (Defence Force).