7v7 Tournament -  Adult Tournament Rules - Updated June-16-2019

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1 PLAYER REGISTRATION: All players must be registered on their teams' registration form before the tournament begins. Any team or player determined by the event director to have falsified the name, age or skill level will be dismissed from the tournament. All players must carry identification proof, i.e.: driver’s license, passport, etc.  The document must be an original and must have the players name, birthdate and a recent picture.   The team must produce the identification proof immediately upon request from the tournament officials.
2 ROSTERS: All rosters are final upon the beginning of pool pay.  No player may participate in a game unless he/she is registered in the official roster form.
3 NUMBER OF PLAYERS: The maximum number of players on a team will be 22 players per team.
4 GENDER: No males will be allowed to participate in any female divisions, except co-ed division. Females may play in male divisions.
5 EQUIPMENT: All players must wear shin guards and may not wear anything deemed dangerous to the referee of tournament officials. Teams are responsible for providing game balls (at least one acceptable game ball per game).
6 UNIFORMS: All teams must have at least two different set of uniforms (distinct colors).  If in the opinion of the referee both teams have similar colors, then the home team must change colors.
7 FIELD DIMENSIONS: They will be specify by FIFA regulations.
8 Referee Fee: Each team must pay $40 before each game.  At that time, the team will receive a game roster form, which will be filled in by the team and turned in to the referee before the game begins.  All games will be refereed by 1 referee with the exception of semi-finals and Finals, which will be officiated by 2 referees.
9 GAME DURATION: The duration of the game shall be 20 minutes with a 3-minute half-time. Group (pool) games tied after regulation play shall end in a tie. Playoff games cannot end in tied.
10 PLAYOFF OVERTIME: There will no be additional time in games where a winner must be determined.  The game will go directly into penalty kicks if there is tie at end of regular time.   In 7v7 games, the game will go 3 penalty kicks.
11 SCORING (IN POOL PLAY): 3 points for a win; 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss. A forfeit by a team is scored as 3-0 win.  A double forfeit will be scored as a 0-0 tied.   In the coed mix division, a goal by a female player counts double.
12 TIEBREAKERSIn pool play, ties between two or more teams will be broken by; 1)  points; 2) goal difference in pool play; 3) most goals scored for in pool play; 4) head to head results between tied teams; 5) coin flip.
13 PLAYER EJECTION (YELLOW/RED CARD): Referees have the right to eject a player from the game for continual disobedience or as a result of an incident that warrants sending the player off. RED CARD suspension (or two yellows in the same game) = rest of game PLUS next game.  Tournament Director may eject player for rest of tournament.   A player under these circumstances must pay a fine of $50 to be able to play again.
14 Yellow Cards: A player that receives a single yellow card in two different games will be suspended in the next game unless he is re-instated by paying the corresponding fine.    The fine in this circumstance is $50.
15 SPORTSMANSHIP: Players, coaches and spectators are expected to act in the nature of good sportsmanship at all times. Abuse of the referees will not be tolerated. Any instance of such conduct will disqualify the responsible team from the event. 
16 PROTEST: A team may protest a game.  The protest form will be available at the tournament and must be filled in.  Please note that a referee decisions (such as if a play was a foul or not, handball, offside, etc.)  may not be protested.   All protests must be filed before the games end.
17 Free Substitutions: There will be free substitutions, which means a team may have an unlimited number of substitutions during the game and a player that was substituted out may go back into the game.   All substitution must be authorized by the referee.
18 Slide Tackles close to an opponent will not be permitted.  A player slide tackling could receive a yellow or even a read card.  Players may slide tackle if an opponent is not in the play.  Goalkeepers may also not slide tackle with their feet, but they may slide tackle with their arms.  
19 En the coed-mix division, only 4 male players may play at the time.  An unlimited numbers of female players may participate in the game.
20 Off-side.   There will not be off-side if a pass does not come from the air.  Therefore if the pass comes from the ground (not on the air) then there is no offside.
21 Game Duration:  All games will be 20-minute halves with a half-time of 3 minutes.
22 All restarts are indirect free kicks with the exception of penalty kicks.
23 No restart (indirect free kick), with the exception of a penalty kick, may be kicked in the air.  If so, an indirect free kick will be awarded at the place where it landed to the opposite team.
24 When the goal-keeper has the ball controlled inside the penalty area (with his feet or arms), he/she may NOT pass or throw the ball in the air.  If so, an indirect free kick will be awarded at the place where it landed to the opposite team.
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The opponent's distance to the ball in a re-start must be at least 6 yards.
26 If a player receives a red card during the game, his/her team must play short for at least 5 minutes.  This player may not participate in this game and furthermore, the player may not participate for at least the next game.
27. A game may not continue or start if a team does not have at least 4 players in the field to start the game.
28. A referee may start the clock of the game even if the players are not ready at the designated time.