Birmingham City striker Dwight Yorke had his first session with the rest of the Trinidad and Tobago team since his reintroduction to the national squad for Wednesday's 2006 World Cup qualifier against the United States as coach Bertille St Clair conducted yesterday's proceedings at Shaw Park, Tobago on a cool Saturday afternoon.
Yorke, who arrived from London on Friday night, travelled with the team yesterday morning and checked in with his teammates at Grafton Beach Resort.
He is expected to play in today's friendly against Haiti at Shaw Park, scheduled for a 3.30 p.m. kickoff.
Also joining the T&T team in the sister isle today will be Southampton striker Kenwyne Jones, Crewe Alexandra goalkeeper Clayton Ince, Glasgow Rangers defender Marvin Andrews and Wrexham midfielder Carlos Edwards.
Yorke was involved throughout the session, at times taking charge from the front, openly advising some of the players and also assuring that he himself was adjusting to the conditions.
His last training session with the team was ahead of the friendly against Northern Ireland last year, but he had not trained in an official capacity since June 2001.
Team captain Angus Eve said the current bunch of players would be open to having the former Manchester United star back in the line-up.
"Dwight has had long experience as a national player and we go way back to 1991 when we were both on the team which qualified for the Youth World Cup under coach St Clair. That alone speaks for itself and I am pretty sure that the rest of the team will ensure that he fits in again, even though we know it's been a long time since he has been with us.
"The spirit among the players in the team has never been something to question and it's basically a matter of us meshing as a team and getting it together on the pitch, which I feel confident that we can do," Eve told Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) media officer Shaun Fuentes after training yesterday.
Striker Stern John was also keen to work alongside Yorke and the other players.
"We have played before and now to have him back is something that the guys here would no doubt be looking forward to because we all hope he can add to the team and we ourselves must now pick our game up and compliment each other," said the Coventry City player.
"But also we need to work and get it right as a team and no one player must be depended on to carry the weight," John added.
And locally-based pro Densil Theobald offered similar sentiments to his teammates.
"For me, it's a real pleasure to be working with Dwight and I am certain myself and the other guys who may not have played much with him before can pick up certain things from him that can benefit the team on a whole and we too will be working to ensure that our game is at a decent level."
No doubt Yorke would welcome such words from his once again teammates.
"It was a decision that I took to come back and join the team again and I'm definitely looking forward to continue working with these guys, because it's a promising bunch and, as I said, I am here to make a contribution because I honestly feel the team has places to go and Germany in 2006 is where we are aiming to reach," said Yorke.