2010 Tournament Rules

ELIGIBILITY

1.  All players must be USSF registered.

2.  All players must be at least 16 years old by April 24th, 2010.

3.  Players participating in Over 30 and Over 40 divisions must be at least 30 and 40 years old, respectively, by December 31, 2010..

5.  All players under 18 must have a parent’s or legal guardian’s signature on the waiver form.

EQUIPMENT

1.  Shinguards are MANDATORY.

2.  All members of a team must wear numbered jerseys of their team’s colors.

3.  Each team will supply an alternative jersey in case of color conflicts.

ROSTERS

1.  Teams will be limited to 12 players.

2.  No roster changes may be made after the start of a team’s first scheduled match.

3.  At least 4 players, including the goalkeeper, must be on the field at all times.

CO-REC

1.  At least two women must be on the field at all times, excluding the goalkeeper.

2.  A player is a player.  Free kicks, penalty kicks and throws may be taken by any player.

3.  No slide tackling will be permitted.

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

1.  Players sent off (red cards) during final games will not play in the finals of any other division.

2.  Players sent off during any other matches may not be eligible to participate in another division’s play, at the discretion of the Tournament Rules Committee.

TOURNAMENT

1.  Ties will stand during round-robin play.

2.  Ties in single elimination rounds will be broken by shoot-out.

3.  Each team will play at least 4 games.

4.  Each game is 6-a-side on reduced fields.

5.  Each game will consist of two 15-minute halves.

6.  Substitutions may be made on dead balls (out of bounds) or at the referee’s discretion.

7.  FIFA rules apply at all times, except there will be no off-sides.

8.  Penalty kicks during round robin will be turkey shoots taken from midfield.  The ball must cross the goal line within 5 seconds of the shooter’s first touch.  (The ball remains in play for the full 5 seconds if the ball touches the goalkeeper or the goal post and remains on the field.)

ADVANCEMENT

1.  All teams move to single elimination play on Sunday.

2.  Divisions with more than 8 entries will be split into multiple single elimination brackets based upon Saturday’s group play.

3.  Team placement is:                     

· 3 points for each win

· 1 point for each tie

TIE BREAKERS

1.  After round robin play, between teams with the same number of points:

· Head to head

· Goals against

· Goals for

· Coin toss

2.  During single elimination, turkey-shoot:

· Taken from midfield,

· The ball must cross the goal line within 5 seconds of the shooter’s first touch. (The ball remains in play for the full 5 seconds if the ball touches the goalkeeper or the goal post and remains on the field.)

· Five shooters on the field at the end of regulation play.

· Sudden death (next 5 players, if still tied)