Game Rules
Eligibility:
In order to be eligible to play every player has to sign the online or offline
Norcalathletics roster/liability waiver and abide by the rules below and our general league rules
Please email us at info@norcalathletics.com if you don't see your correct game score or any score at all.
Field Rules:
No Alcohol allowed!
No smoking allowed!
No Dogs allowed!
The referee has the right to stop or abandon the game if field rules are not followed!
Uniforms:
Every team has to wear their assigned color according to schedule or a team uniform.
Light= all white shirts
Dark= dark blue/black shirts
Game Time: 50min
Games are scheduled to start on time with a running clock, if a team does
not have a min.of 6 players after 5 min. of the scheduled game time
the game results into a forfeit.
Game Balls:
Every team has to bring a game ball, neglect to do so can result into a forfeit.
Lost game balls have to be settled among teams, and failure to do so can result into a forfeit
Forfeits:
Referees are not required to referee forfeits!
A forfeit disqualifies teams from participating in the playoffs in
case of a tie in standings
Playoffs:
Top 6 or otherwise communicated
Playoff games are 20min. halves, 3 PK's to decide a game in case of a tie & no guest players!
Rules:
7 week season
Game time is 25min, half time is 2 min.
7 week season
week of playoffs for qualifying teams
8v8 co-ed, 6 men 2 women, but if no women are present the team can play with 6 male players without having to forfeit
Min. of 6 men start
FIFA Rules with the following exceptions:
No slide tackling, no off side
Shin-guards and soccer socks are required to play!
NO SHINGUARDS NO PLAY!
Substitution only with ref approval
No fast start at shot on goal
Free kick distance is 10 yards!
Yellow card offenses:
sub without ref approval: 5min. out of the game, no substitution
Examples of Red card Offenses:
Red cards carry a minimum one game suspension or more depending of the severity of the incident.
guilty of serious foul or play
guilty of violent conduct
spits at an opponent or any other person
denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball
denies an obvious goal scoring opportunity
uses offensive, or insulting or abusive language and or gestures
receives a second caution in the same match
