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Article: Yorke to return to Trinidad national team for World Cup qualifier against United States
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- February 4, 2005
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RUSKIN MARK, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
02-04-2005
Dateline: PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad
Dwight Yorke is returning to Trinidad and Tobago's national team after an absence of more than 3 1/2 years and will be available for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against the United States.
A 33-year-old forward with Birmingham City in England's Premier League, Yorke is Trinidad and Tobago's most famous soccer star _ there's even a stadium named after him on Tobago. But he hasn't played a competitive game for his national team since a 2-0 loss to the United States in June 2001.
He started in his nation's famous 1-0 loss at home to the United States in 1989, which put the U.S. team in the World ...