Tommy Carter believes Bermuda have the potential to be as big as Jamaica's Reggae Boyz when it comes to international soccer.

Carter, based in Virginia in the US, last played for the Island during their ill-fated World Cup qualifying campaign last year.

He has not been called upon since the arrival of new coach Mark Trott but says he has a burning desire to pull on the shirt once again.

The midfielder is currently attracting interest from professional clubs in Britain and has had trials with Bristol Rovers of the Third Division and Colchester United of the Second Division in the past fortnight.

Scottish Premier League clubs Motherwell and Aberdeen are also said to be monitoring his progress.

Last year he also turned out for Luton Town and Swansea City.

In a call for Trott to pick him and the Government to get more involved in soccer, Carter said: "I have two caps and really just got my feet wet. I really want to get more experience and play against more teams and take Bermuda somewhere.

"Bermuda has all the talent in the world but they need the Government to start looking after the game and pumping money into the programme for it to really come about."

Carter believed talent was going to waste because the Island still treated the game as a pastime rather than a national sport.

"Bermuda is talented. You just have to look at the quality of some of the players that have come out of Bermuda - Shaun Goater, Kyle Lightbourne, players who are playing in England," he said. "There are some really skilful players there but they don't really have an outlet. If it was more constructive and they were doing it for a living instead of for a hobby it would be advantageous to Bermuda and would put us on the map."

Carter compared the situation in Bermuda now to how things were in Jamaica prior to the World Cup in France in 1998.

"Look at Jamaica. Jamaica was nothing and then they started pumping money into the program, brought in a foreign coach and they started going places, doing things and getting up there," he said.

"There is no reason why Bermuda cannot qualify for the World Cup. CONCACAF is an easy division to qualify out of."

For his part, coach Trott said Carter was still very much part of his national team plans.

"I think he is a good player. I would have involved him in a few of the trips that we have had or in the game against Trinidad and the only reason I didn't was because I wanted to have a closer look at some of the local guys, that's all," he said.