TEAMS/PLAYERS

• Each team will field 7 players at any one time.
• Every player must sign the official game roster prior to entering the field of play.
• Each team may sign up a maximum of 14 players per game.
• Failure to field at least 5 players will result in a forfeit and loss of the teams forfeit bond.
• Players must be at least 18 years of age.

LAWS OF THE GAME

• All matches will be played in accordance with current FIFA “Laws of the Game” except where noted below.

SUBSTITUTIONS

• Substitutions may be done on an unlimited basis and without official request to the referee.
• A player leaving the field must proceed directly off. If that player continues to play, his team
  will be determined to be fielding too many players and will be penalized with a two minute penalty by playing short for 2 minutes.

UNIFORMS

• Each player must have matching jerseys to their teammates. Numbers are recommended, but
  not required.
• Shin guards are required.and No metal studded shoes allowed.
• Casts, splints or body braces made of hard materials are not allowed, unless they are padded
  to the satisfaction of the referee or league administrator.
• Hats and headgear with any hard surface are not allowed.

THE REFEREE

• Enforce the “Laws of the Game” and all league rules
• One man systems will be used.
• The authority of the referee starts when he enters the field of play.
• All decisions of the Referee shall be final so far as the result of the game is concerned
• The referee shall submit the game record and results to the league director at the
  end of the game, including all pertinent information, such as goals, misconduct, injuries, etc.

GAME LENGTH: Each game will be divided into (2) 25 minute halves, separated by a brief halftime of approximately 3minutes. A running clock will be maintained by the referee. The clock will not stop during injury time-outs. The actual playing time may be reduced by the referee, at his or her discretion, to compensate for any late starts, so that the next game can start on time.

START TIME: All games should start at their scheduled time. If a team is not ready to start play after 10 minutes, then the team can be required to forfeit.

PENALTY AREA

The Penalty area will be made by pacing approximately 7 yards from each goal post and
approximately 14 yards from the goal line. Small plastic cones will be placed on the corner of the
Penalty area and outside the goal line to indicate the boundaries of the Penalty Area.

GOAL BOX AND GOAL KICKS

There will be no goal box designated. All goal kicks should be taken within the penalty area andwithin 6 yards from the goal line. Goal kicks may not pass the halfway line in the air. Any infraction ofthis, will result in an indirect free kick for the opposite team, at the place where the ball passed the halfway line.

GOALKEEPER POSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Once the goalkeeper has possession of the soccer ball in his or her hands, he/she may not throw or punt the soccer ball past the halfway line of the field on the fly. He may put the ball into play on the ground and then kick it in air on the fly as far as he can, if he or she chooses to do so. An indirect free kick is awarded if the throw or punt goes passed the halfway line at the location where it crossed the halfway line.

STOPPAGE IN PLAY: If the referee should call for a stoppage in play, if there was a team in clear possession at the time of stoppage, then they will restart with a direct free kick. If there was no clear possession, the game will be restarted with a drop ball at the location where the ball was when the stoppage occurred.

OFFSIDE: There is no OFFSIDE.

ENCROACHMENT

• Players of the opposing team must be at least 8 yards away from the kickoff, direct free kicks, corner kicks and penalty kicks.
• Players must be at least 2 yards away from throw ins.

FOULS AND MISCONDUCT: Slide tackling is not permitted. We want to reduce the potential for injuries to players. We want to discourage players from slide tackling and enforce the following penalties:

• Any non violent slide tackle to a player will result in the player receiving a caution and a
  restart with an indirect free kick awarded to the affected team.
• Any player who should create a violent slide tackle to an opposing player that would be
  considered either as serious foul play and/or violent conduct, in the opinion of the referee, then the player committing this type of slide tackle will receive an ejection, with a suspension
  of minimum of 1 game. The restart will be an indirect free kick.

• Verbal abuse, such as taunting of players, referees, and/or spectators by players,
  substitutes, coaches or spectators are cause for immediate expulsion and suspension. A
  minimum 1 game suspension per person will be issued. The written report of the referee will
  determine if an extension to the minimum suspension will be added.
• Verbal abuse or abusive language or dissent or threatening actions used by a player to a
  referee or official, before or after they have been ejected from a game, will carry additional
  suspensions, up to and including expulsion from the league. Such penalties will be determined
  by the league director(s), basing decisions on the referee report and any other comments from
  league officials who witnessed the incident.

PENAL TIMES

• All Cautionable offenses (Yellow Card) will be punished by a 2 minute penalty for the player and the team will play short during that 2 minute penalty.
• All Sending-Off offenses (Red Card) will be punished by ejection of the specific player for the rest of the game, and the team will play short by one player for the rest of the game.
• If a player receives 2 cautions in one game and thus 2 each 2 minute penalties, he will sit out the rest of the game and his team will play short by one player for the rest of the game. An ejection, resulting from 2 cautions, carries a minimum suspension of one additional game, but could be more, depending on the review by the directors of the referee report.

PLAYER EJECTIONS: STANDARD, PROGRESSIVE AND ADDITIONAL PENALTIES

• An ejected player must exit the facility immediately.
• An ejected player must serve an automatic and minimum 1 game suspension and must contact the League Directors for a written approval prior to further participation in any league.
• An ejected player must exit the facility prior to commencing the game and may not return prior to the League Director’s approval.
• Upon return, the player will serve a probationary period determined by the League Directors.

PROGRESSIVE FINES AND SUSPENSIONS

If the same player commits serious fouls and misconduct again in a season, that result in his his/her second sending off (second ejection), then this offense will be at minimum double the suspensions.

If the same player commits serious fouls and misconduct again in a season, that result in his/her third sending off, then this offense will be at a minimum triple the suspensions and he/her will be suspended from the league for the remainder of that season and depending on the decision of the league directors, he may be suspended for additional times in future seasons, up to and including permanent suspension from all future play in the Angel City Adult Soccer League.

IMMEDIATE EXPULSION FROM THE LEAGUE

An ejected player is also subject to additional fines and additional multiple game suspensions, up to and including banishment/expulsion from the league, depending on the nature, severity and impact of the incident they were involved in and/or created. To be clear, a single and first incident by itself, could possibly warrant permanent expulsion and fines up to and including the amount of the bond, for such things are fighting, referee assault, threatening a player, official, or spectator. The league directors will make such a determination by a number of factors including, but not limited to, the referee report, any witness testimonies, and any other information that an investigation may reveal.

SIDELINE AND SPECTATOR CONTROL, FINES AND SUSPENSIONS

It is the responsibility of the team manager and coach of each team to control himself and his sideline, including his substitutes, bench personnel and spectators. Any of these individuals, who may cause the sideline to behave in an inappropriate manner, such as causing the sideline behavior to be considered as bringing the game or sidelines into disrepute, this includes any substitutes or non-playing personnel, when ever they exhibit misconduct, be it at the start, during or at the conclusion of the game, the referee shall document the incident or incidents and inform the league directors. If the offenses are ejectionable in nature, and if they are committed by registered players, they will be suspended and fined accordingly. If they are not registered players then other remedies may need to be taken.

SIDELINE CONTROL

Cautions, warnings, and/or ejections issued to any sideline personnel of a team, such as coach, manager, spectator or substitutes will result in a report being written by either the referee or the league official, which will then be reviewed and then potential disciplinary actions will be issued, depending on the incident, up to and including expulsion from the league. POINT SYSTEM

League games will have the following point system applied to game results:

WIN = 3 POINTS
TIE = 1 POINT
LOSS = 0 POINTS

TIE BREAKING METHODOLOGY

The following tie breaking procedures will be used to determine a league winner, in the
event teams are tied with the same amount of points at the end of a season.

• Head to Head competition in common games during the season with the tied
  team, greater points total wins.
• Goals For minus Goals Against in the league play, the team with the greater
  differential wins.
• Goals For minus Goals Against in Head to Head Competition with the tied team,
  the team with the greater differential wins.
• Total number of goals scored FOR in the league, the team with the greatest
  number of goals in the league, wins.
• Coin Toss