04/10/2018
Tournament Rules
Player Registration: All players must be registered on their team’s registration
form on or before May 30th.
Rosters: All rosters are final upon the completion of the team’s first game.
Number of players: 6 is the maximum number of players on a team; 3 field players at one time. Players may only play on one team per division. There are no goalkeepers. Substitutes may occur at any dead ball situation, but players must get referees attention and enter and exit at the half-field mark only.
Equipment: All players must wear shin guards. Any player without shin guards will not be allowed to play. Size 5 game balls will be provided.
Field Dimensions: Length- 40 yards Width- 30 yards (or Length-30 yards Width-20 yards)
Goal Box: Width- 10ft Depth- 6ft (for a 4ft tall, 8 ft wide goal) directly in front of the goal. No player may touch the ball within the goal box, however any player may move through the goal box. Any part of the ball or players’ body on the line is considered in the goal box; the player is an extension of the box. An infraction occurs if a defender touches the ball in the goal box, a penalty kick is awarded to the o ensive team. If the ball comes to a complete stop in the goal box, regardless of which team touched it last, a goal kick is awarded to the defensive team.
Game Duration: The game shall consist of two 10 minute halves separated by a 2 minute halftime, or the game ends when a team reaches a 10 goal lead. Games tied at the end of regulation play go into overtime
Overtime: Teams will have a 3 minute “golden goal” overtime period, If the score is still tied, the winner is decided by shootout with the 3 players on the field at the end of the golden goal period.
Goal Scoring: A goal may be scored from a touch on the o ensive half of the playing field
Scoring: 3 points for a win, 0 points for a loss. Forfeits are scored as 5-0
Tiebreakers: Ties between 2 or more teams will be broken by; 1. head to head results between tied teams
2. goal di erence
3. fewest goals against
4. goals scored
5. team shootout with entire roster
No o sides or slide tackling
5 Yard Rule: In all dead ball situations, defending players must stand 5 yards away from the ball. If the defensive player’s goal area is closer than 5 yards, the ball is placed 5 yards from the goal area in line with the penalty
Kick-ins: The ball shall be kicked in to play from the sideline instead of thrown in
Indirect Kicks: All dead ball kicks (kick-ins, free kicks, kick o s) are indirect except corner and penalty kicks
Goal Kicks: May be taken from any point on the end line, and to in the goal box area
Kick O : May be taken in any direction
Penalty Kicks: Shall be awarded if, in the referee’s opinion, a scoring opportunity was nullified by the infraction. It is a direct kick taken from the center circle (15ft line) on the o ensive side of the midfield line with all other players behind the midfield line. If a goal is not scored, the defense obtains possession with a goal kick. Penalty kicks are not live balls.
Player Ejection (Yellow/Red Cards): Referees have the right to eject a player from the game for continual disobedience or as a result of an incident that warrants sending the player o . Red card suspension= rest of game plus next game. Teams still play with 3 on the field. Tournament director may eject player for the rest of the tournament.
Forfeits: a forfeit shall be scored as 5-0
Sportsmanship: Players, coaches, and spectators are expected to act in the nature of good sportsmanship at all times. Abuse of the referees will not be tolerated. Any instance of such conduct will disqualify the responsible team from the event.
Situations that these rules do not address are the decision of the tournament director.
