defoe was initially omitted from fabio capello's first squad with the new manager insisting he would only select players who were playing regular club football. one day after scoring on his portsmouth debut, defoe was recalled to the england squad to replace the injured gabriel agbonlahor. defoe took his international goals tally up to five in the caribbean on 1 june 2008 when he scored twice against trinidad and tobago and in the process staking a claim for a more regular place in the international team.