2026 Guidelines for Game Rules According to Age Group
Guidelines for All Age Groups
1. Focus on development of players skills and ability keeping games competitive WHILE HAVING FUN!
2. Parental skill evaluation at sign-up + Pre-season skills evaluation will be used to maximize even distribution of player ability to facilitate Guideline #1 above!
Note: Any games where one team scores 5 or MORE goals than the other team - coaches to redistribute players scoring goals to even the teams to keep the game competitive and FUN!
3. If one or both teams have significantly fewer players than rostered, coaches are to divide up players to have even teams to facilitate Guideline #1 above. Included in the registration fee is 2 different colored jersey's for every participant and every team will be the same two colors.
This way players can bring both jerseys to every game and they can then wear the opposite color when such time comes that they are required to play on the other team. There will also be pennies that can be worn in a pinch!
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Age Group Guidelines
5U : 5 on 5 or 6 on 6 (depending on numbers), No goalies, No headers, No slide tackles, No off-sides, free kicks for overt fouls and hand balls, Throw-ins with unlimited do-overs focusing on 3 parts of a throw-in: 1) Feet on the ground, 2) behind the line, 3) ball straight over-head!
- 1 x week: Sat. mornings at 9am for 60min. 25 min. of practice, 5 min. break
- Coaches Referee and coach on field, 8 min quarters, 1 min. break between quarters, 5 min half time break, Subs at discretion of coaches, equal playing time.
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7U: 7 on 7, Yes goalies, No headers, No slide tackles, No off-sides, all free kicks indirect (two people must touch the ball before it goes into goal), No 8 second rule for keeper, 1 redo on faulty throw-ins.
- 2 x week: Tues or Thursday + Sat. for 60 min.
- 2 Referees, one coach on sidelines one coach on field, 4 x 10 min quarters, 1 min. break between quarters, 5 min half time break, Subs at the quarter, equal playing time.
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10U: 8 on 8, Yes goalies, No headers, No slide tackles, No 8 second rule for keeper, Goalie punts decided depending on field size, Yes off-sides, 1 redo on throw-ins.
-2 x week: Tues or Thursday + Sat. for 60 min
-2 Referees, 25min. halves, 5 in halftime, Subs on own throw-ins, corner kicks, and either team's goal kick, equal playing time.
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12U: 9 on 9, Yes goalies, No headers, Yes slide tackling (must go for ball), Yes off-sides, 8 second rule for keeper: (must release ball after 8 seconds or corner kick goes to other team), Goalie punts decided depending on field size, Automatic turnover on faulty throw-ins.
- 2 x week: Tues or Thursday + Sat. for 80 min
- 2 Referees, 30min. halves with 5 min. halftime, Subs on own throw-ins, corner kicks, and either team's goal kick, equal playing time.
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14U - 18U: 11 on 11, Yes goalies, Yes headers, Yes slide tackling (Must go for ball), Yes off-sides, 8 second rule for keeper (must release ball after 8 seconds corner kick goes to other team), Yes goalie punts, Automatic turnover on faulty throw-ins.
- 2 x week: Wednesday + Sat. afternoons for 95 min
- 3 Referees, 40min. halves with 5 min. halftime
- Small sided games 30min. halves with 5 min. halftime, Subs on own throw-ins, corner kicks, and either team's goal kick, equal playing time.
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