Except for the rules listed below, the FIFA “Laws of the Game” shall apply:
- If a team is short players then it is expected that both teams will field the same amount of players.
- If a team has no substitutes for the game, they can request the referees to play QUARTERS. CLOCK WILL NOT STOP FOR THE QUICK (30 SECONDS - 1 MINUTE) QUARTER BREAK.
- Unlimited substitutions are allowed by both teams regardless of possession, with the REFEREE'S PERMISSION. At every stoppage in play (for example, throw-ins, goal kicks, corner kicks, after goals, offside, injury, upon stoppages for fouls, etc.). Free substitution is allowed for all age groups unless teams are advised in advance otherwise.
- Players must be clearly standing and waiting AT THE MID FIELD LINE (Sub Box) to be substituted (and not merely waiting ‘in the vicinity of mid field”), and the referee(s) should be alerted, to the extent possible, of the request to substitute at the next stoppage of play.
- Players standing at midfield should be substituted into the game at the next stoppage of play, unless they remove themselves from the mid field position prior to the stoppage of play.
- Player(s) may enter the field of play only when they have been acknowledged and beckoned on by the Referee
- Referee(s) can deny substitutions if they believe the sub is being used to waste time and/or excessive. Also the Referee(s) can deny substitutions if they feel a team wants to restart quickly (for example, corner kick, throw-ins, free kicks).
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- Number of players:
- 6U
- 8U
- 10U
- 13U
- 14+
- Length of game:
- 6U and 8U two 20 minute halves
- 10U and 13U two 25 minute halves
- 14over- 30 minute halves
- Overtime:
- Offside will be enforced as follows:
- 6U: No offsides
- 8U and 10U: Build out line will be enforced (Build Line Rules)
- 13U & 14 & OVER: Offside will be called.
- Note: To be considered offside, the player must be in an offside position and be participating in that play at the time the ball is played by a member of his team.
- No slide tackling is allowed. An indirect free kick will be awarded to the other team for any slide tackle.
- If there is contact on the Slide Tackle, then it's a Direct Free Kick. YOU MAY SLIDE, but NOT SLIDE TACKLE.
- U6 and 8U get two chances to throw the ball in legally.
- 10U, 12U and 13 & OVER get one chance to throw the ball in legally.
8. No Heading 6U, 8U and 10U and 13U(Heading Rules). Heading will be allowed in 14 and OVER age groups.