[3] Between 1925 and 1932, a Jamaican men's national team was formed and played a number of friendlies, mostly against neighbors Haiti.

These matches were usually played at Sabina Park, the main cricket ground of the island.

[4] In the following years, female football clubs started to form in Kingston, playing a first match in the same stadium in November 1935 to raise funds for charities.

In the coming years, women's football started to outgrow men's football on the island and reached the cities of Spanish Town, Montego Bay, Port Antonio and Saint Ann's Bay, attracting more fans than the men did and igniting public debates about the need for a nationwide league for women.

[6] Under the leadership of Jorge Penna Jamaica did participate in a men's FIFA World Cup qualification campaign for the first time in 1965, failing to qualify for the 1966 edition by losing to Mexico and Costa Rica in the final stage.