Rules: All standard FIFA Laws of the Game will apply with the following age division modifications.

Last updated May 1, 2024 (Spring 2024 season)

Age Group Specific Rules Download PDF (printable version)
- U6 Rules
- U8 Rules
- U10 Rules
- U12 Rules
- U16 Rules

ALL PLAYERS MUST WEAR SHINGUARDS. NO JEWELRY OF ANY KIND – NO EXCEPTIONS

U6 play 5v5. Game time 40 minutes with 20 minute halves (four 10 minute quarters)
– no intentional heading  - restart w/ indirect kick
– no offside
– no slide tackling
– no goalkeepers
– all free kicks are direct kicks
– Size 3 ball

U8 play 6v6. Game time is 50 minutes with 25 minute halves (water break around 12.5 minutes time still runs)

– no intentional heading -  - restart w/ indirect kick
– no offside
– no slide tackling
– goalie may NOT punt ball – use build out line (penalty area)
-  free kick distance modified for field size: 4 yd distance between defensive players and ball
– Size 3 ball

U10 play 7v7. Game time 50 minutes with 25 minute halves (water break around 12.5 minutes time still runs)
– no intentional heading  - restart w/ indirect kick
– There WILL be offside
– no slide tackling
– goalie may NOT punt ball – use build out line
-  free kick distance modified for field size: 6 yd distance between defensive players and ball
– Size 4 ball

U12 play 9v9. Game time 60 minutes with 30 minute halves (water break around 15 minutes time still runs)
– no intentional heading - restart w/ indirect kick
– no slide tackling
– There WILL be offside
– Size 4 ball

U16 play 11v11. Game time 70 minutes with 35 minute halves (water break around 17.5 minutes time still runs)
– heading IS allowed
– slide tackling IS allowed (if done safely)
– There WILL be offside
– Size 5 ball

Substitution Rules:
1. Throw in by any team in possession.
1a. Referees may not allow substitution during an advantage situation by attacking team.
2. On either team’s goal kick. 
3. After a goal is scored.
4. At half time.
5. At water break.
6. Injury. 
NO substitutions should be allowed on offensive motions (corner kicks, free kicks).
Substitutions should be made at the half-way line and with permission of the referee.
Refer to the Laws of the Game (Law 3.3) for more information.

Kick-Off
– ball may move in ANY direction (does not have to move forward)

No jewelry of any kind (earrings, rings, bracelets, necklaces or other ‘body’ jewelry)

End of Season Tournament Tie Breaker procedures:

1. If no Goalkeeper in the division rules then add 5 minutes extra time to sudden death (first goal scored wins). Flip coin to see who gets kickoff and who picks side just like beginning of game. Keep adding 5 minute extra time until 15 minutes extra time has been used. Then the tie breaker will be season goal differential. If still tied then PK with 1 Defender same as procedure below (just no hands).
2. In a penalty shoot-out, each team takes turns shooting at goal from the penalty mark, with the goal defended only by the opposing team’s goalkeeper. Each team has five shots which must be taken by different players; the team that makes more successful kicks is declared the victor. Shoot-outs finish as soon as one team has an insurmountable lead. If scores are level after five pairs of shots, the shootout progresses into additional “sudden-death” rounds.[1] Balls successfully kicked into the goal during a shoot-out do not count as goals for the individual kickers or the team, and are tallied separately from the goals scored during normal play (including extra time, if any). Although the procedure for each individual kick in the shoot-out resembles that of a penalty kick, there are some differences. Most notably, neither the kicker nor any player other than the goalkeeper may play the ball again once it has been kicked.
3. Laws of the game Law 14- The Penalty Kick should be reviewed. Only difference is Kicker nor any player other than the goalkeeper may play the ball again once it has been kicked.