Women’s league football looks set to make a return to the outdoors next season.

That is the plan of the Bermuda Football Association’s women’s football committee headed by chairwoman Shequita Parson.

To put that plan in motion, the BFA will be partnering with Fifa to offer a free women’s coaching course from May 11 to 15 at CedarBridge Academy and BFA field, to be followed by a Grassroots Festival for girls between 5 and 12 on May 16 at the National Sports Centre, North Field.

It is with development in mind that outdoor football for women is being revived, aimed at girls aged from 16 to their early 20s.

For the past three seasons women’s football has been played indoors with the Futsal League at Warwick Academy and Bermuda College, and Dellwood gym before that. Now those same players could be playing on outdoor fields later this year.

“My aim is to get more women involved in the game as coaches, in particular, and to establish a thriving grass-roots, youth, and women’s league programme for the 2015-16 season,” said Parson, who played for 21 years with former champions Rude Girls.

“This Fifa women’s coaching course is an excellent way to refocus our efforts toward girls and women playing football.”

Parson said that the logistics of the league still had to be worked out but it would be open not just to club teams but also schools and other groups.

“The intention is to revamp women’s football, period, from the grass-roots up to the women’s level,” Parson said. “We have the Futsal that is inside and put on by a different organisation, but our intention is to bring it back outside again.

“We do understand that running the league the same time as the men’s league, that resources will be an issue. It is about finding the right time to get the league started.”

There has definitely been some interest in the women’s game, with 11 girls teams from under-10 to under-14 participating in last month’s Kappa Classic.

The Futsal League is also quite popular since being launched in 2011. They will hold their All-Stars match on April 16 at the Bermuda College.

“The timing is perfect and there are a lot of opportunities out there for our young women,” Parson said.

“We have the Bermuda Under-17s and Under-20s who are supposed to be competing this summer in the Caribbean.

“Our focus is grass-roots and youth so that we can have a sustainable women’s programme. The emphasis is not just on the clubs, and if people who are not part of a club want to have a team then we are fine with that as well.

“The nucleus of the players will be from 16 to early 20s, so there will be high school girls.”

Those interested in participating in next season’s league can contact the BFA at 295-2199, or e-mail bfa@bermudafa.com.