ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the nature and patterns of recruitment that have shaped the migration of female soccer players from Trinidad and Tobago to the USA from the mid-1990s to the present. The chapter begins by examining the relevant literature on player recruitment globally, followed by the methodology of the study, the history and development of the women's game locally and a discussion of the findings as they relate to player recruitment. The quantitative approach was based on a survey of four of the six clubs which play in the Premier Division of the Women's Football League as well as the senior national soccer team. The establishment of the women's national soccer league in 1985 precipitated the formation of national women's teams and the introduction of a league for girls at the secondary school level, also in 1985, which now involves 22 teams, although this still contrasts with the 32 in the boys league.
