"J'ai totalement confiance en mon équipe !". Des filles issues de la migration s'engagent dans le football en Suisse romande

This article is based on ethnographic research conducted with female soccer players of mi-grant  background  playing  in  three  4th  league  teams  in  French-speaking  Switzerland.  We  present a reflection on the participation and sustainable commitment of these young women in soccer, both in its sporting and associative dimensions. In Switzerland, there are few or no policies for integration through sport, as can be found in other European countries. The integration  of  girls  in  soccer  clubs  is  itself  the  object  of  little  support  and  attention  from  sporting  institutions.  We  explore  what  drives  female  players  to  invest  in  this  activity  con-sidered  as  subaltern  when  it  is  played  by  women  and  girls.  The  article  highlights  several  reasons for their commitment, emphasizing the importance of the collective and  of  the  af-fective  ties  within  the  teams  as  well  as  the  social  recognition  that  comes  with  it.  We  also  show  how  women  players  engage  in  the  situation  and  with  the  obstacles  encountered  in  their practice to develop their agency and their resources by testing new forms of social co-operation and conflict.