Dwight Yorke
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"Dwight Eversley Yorke" Chaconia Medal/CM is a Trinidad and Tobago former association football/football player. He played for Aston Villa F.C./Aston Villa, Manchester United F.C./Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers F.C./Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City F.C./Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland A.F.C./Sunderland. He was the assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team/Trinidad and Tobago national team until the completion of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round/qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Along with Russell Latapy and Pat Jennings, Yorke holds the record number of participations in different World Cup competitions, including qualifying stages – six in total (1990 FIFA World Cup/1990, 1994 FIFA World Cup/1994, 1998 FIFA World Cup/1998, 2002 FIFA World Cup/2002, 2006 FIFA World Cup/2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup/2010). Yorke was nicknamed The Smiling Assassin because of his goal scoring abilities and his constant smile.

He has signed deal with IMG-Reliance to take part in proposed football league, being played next year in India.

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...We the players, we see in the training, we know what he is capable of, the management has shown a tremendous amount of patience with him, and yet he's come back, and that's a good sign, that's he's confident, he's up and running again, he's scoring on a regular basis, and people should give him a chance and support.

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Certainly, the public will play a significant part in that, and I'm sure if we play to our abilities and everyone is firing on all cylinders, which we need on the day to overcome Mexico, and I'm sure that that will happen.

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It's an amazing feeling for the guys to keep this momentum going.

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It's an amazing feeling for the guys to keep this momentum going ... and now it's just up to us to seal it on Wednesday against the Mexicans.

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Keep the faith. We know we are heading in the right direction.

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We have to play the same way. Same attitude, same good spirit. Once everyone is fit, it must be hard for the coach to pick the team.

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There's an expectation from the fans and the public, because of our playing roster, so if we return with anything less (than the title), then yeah, we could be considered failures.

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Now another 16 years on and we have done it at last -- the third time lucky.

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To be fair, I really don't know much about the Iceland team but I am aware that they have some quality players and we feel they will give us the kind of test we are looking for at this time.

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