Co-ed Summer Soccer Rules

*This is a fun co-ed sport league where no physical or verbal behaviour is tolerated. We ensure all teams have a great time and always look forward to a great season!

General Info
  • Each team consists of 7 players on the field at once. 1 goalie and 6 players, 2 of which must be female at all time during play. Teams may default when they cannot meet the team minimum of 5 players on the field or 2 women playing any position. This default can be overturned if both team captains agree to waive the rule and thus the game counts towards the standings.
  • Each game is comprised of two 26 minute halves with a 5 minute half time break. Game Referee is in charge of running the clock and notifying players when there is 2 minutes left in each half.
  • Rock, Paper, Scissors will decide which team has the opportunity to choose either the ball or halve to start the game.

Kickoff

  • The ball will be placed at midfield and make one full rotation forward before touched by another player.

Rules

  • Any time the ball goes out along the sidelines a throw in will occur.
  • When the ball goes out of bounds along the goal line 2 options will occur:
  1. If the attacking offence hit the ball out of bounds a goal kick will occur from the defense at the top of the box
  2. If the defending team hits the ball out of bounds along their own goal line a corner kick will occur from the offense.
  • Handballs will reflect in indirect kicks (i.e. in order to score the ball must be touched by any player (offense or defense) before the game enters the net.
  • Handballs in the penalty box will result in a penalty shot 10 paces from the goal.
  • All handballs will be at the discretion of players and should be dealt with fairly from both sides since this is only for FUN.
  • Heading the ball is allowed.
  • All free kicks are regarded as in-direct aside from penalty shots.
  • Teams may call a 1 minute timeout per game at any time.
  • There is no such thing as OFF-SIDES
  • Goalies can perform 3 acts when they have saved the ball
  1. Throw the ball down field.
  2. Kick the ball out of their hands
  3. Drop the ball and kick it on the ground (once the ball has been dropped it becomes a live ball and the opposing players can attack).
  • When a goalies player on their team hits the ball back to them, they can only kick it unless their player has headed the ball back to them; in that case the goalie can pick the ball up with their hands.
  • Wins will count as 2 points and Ties 1 point. All regular season game can end in ties while in playoffs 5 minute sudden death overtime will take place. In the event the game is still tied a 5 person shootout will occur with the most amount of goals declared the winning the team. A sudden death shootout will take place in the event teams are still tied after 5 shooters.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  • There is absolutely NO ROUGH PLAY/HITTING/FIGHTING allowed, in the event a player/players are engaging in such act they will be removed from the league without refund.
  • There is to be no slide tackling allowed of any sort, this kind of activity can result in injuries.
  • Any disputes between players will be handled by the event coordinator on site, All disputes should be handled by players although in rare circumstances the event coordinator will settle