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One of the player’s coach King missed during the Nations League, Nathaniel Natty James is back!

The 22-year old was forced out of T&T's Concacaf Nations League squad with injury and now he's ready to make his mark.

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00:00Yeah, it feels good. I'm happy to be here, happy to be back with the team.
00:04You know, it was a difficult pill to swallow for me for the last time.
00:08And I got the injury that I was up for four to six weeks, you know.
00:11But now I'm better, I feel better, stronger.
00:14So I'm just happy to be here and happy to represent.
00:16The injury also impacted his club season with MLS Next Pro Club North Texas,
00:21where he scored eight goals from 21 starts.
00:24And without him, North Texas missed the playoffs.
00:26But it wasn't a field campaign, as he acquired other valuable lessons.
00:30I had a lot of different roles this season.
00:34Left wing back, left wing, right wing striker.
00:37You know, so it taught me to adapt.
00:39You know, it taught me a lot about ball retention as well.
00:43You know, and taking more opportunities.
00:45You know, it was definitely a good season.
00:47I learned a lot from a coach, coach girl.
00:50And yeah, so it was a really good season for me in the sense of what I learned and what
00:55I gained from it.
00:56My adaptation.
00:57So yeah, it was good.
00:58And Natty will be looking to use those new traits to improve on his six international goals,
01:02as he believes they have more than enough to overcome Antigua.
01:07Really, really important, you know.
01:10Antigua's team, they're definitely going to feel like they have the chance to win against us.
01:16They're home.
01:17They're going to run, they're going to work.
01:18And we just have to be ready on the day.
01:20Whoever wants in the morning it is, the team is going to come out on top.
01:23But I think we have all the necessary tools to win the game.
01:28And I think we can definitely win the two games and enter the playing for the Gold Cup.
01:33I just think we need to continue to remain focused.
01:35Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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