All Star Tournament
LAWS OF THE GAME
All games shall
be played in accordance with FIFA laws except as specifically modified
by these rules. Additional rules for U8 play are included.
TEAM
REGISTRATION AND ELIGIBILITY
Teams must be registered with their sponsoring club
Players must
meet the age requirements of the tournament age group in which they are
to compete. Players may not
play up more than one year (or one “division”, i.e. a player in U16 may
play U19) more than his/her normal age group.
Players may only play on the team with which they are registered.
No player shall play for more than one team throughout the
Tournament.
All teams must provide
a roster on which all team players, player numbers and team officials
are listed. All teams must
also possess and show current U.S. Youth Soccer or A.Y.S.A recreational
player passes which they obtain from their sponsoring club.
Player passes must be signed by both the player and an authorized
club representative. Birth
certificates and/or passports will not be accepted.
All teams must have approved Medical Release forms for each
player signed by a parent or legal guardian.
There will be an evening pre-registration the week of the tournament. Information on the date, location and time will be posted on the tournament website. Teams that do not choose to pre-register will register at the site coordinator’s tent at the field of play on Saturday morning. Player passes, team rosters, and medical release forms will be checked and verified at registration. Two copies of the team roster will be provided to the Tournament Committee at registration. Until teams provide each of the above documents they may not participate in the Tournament.
PLAYER
ELIGIBILITY
The Tournament
is limited to the following age groups:
AGE GROUP
BORN ON OR AFTER
U16
August 1, 1995
U14
August 1, 1997
U13
August 1, 1998
U12
August 1, 1999
U11
August 1, 2000
U10
August 1, 2001
The Tournament
Committee reserves the right to combine age groups if necessary.
REFUNDS OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Once a
team/club has been notified of a team’s acceptance to play in the
tournament, its registration fee will not be refunded unless a
replacement team can be found.
No refunds will be issued for teams dropping out of the
tournament once the schedules have been posted.
Should
cancellation of some/all tournament games occur due to circumstances
beyond the Tournament’s control, the Tournament Committee will determine
the refund amount. There are
upfront costs to hosting a tournament that cannot be recovered by South
West Arizona Youth Soccer Academy (S.W.A.Y.S.A.); therefore no team will
receive a full refund of their registration fee in the event of
tournament cancellation.
PLAYER EQUIPMENT
All players and teams participating in the Tournament must meet the following equipment requirements:
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No metal cleats or metal-tipped spiked cleats will be used
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All players must wear shin guards
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No jewelry will be allowed
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When the color of jersey is similar or identical, the home team must
change their jersey. The
visiting team will also help to resolve any uniform conflicts.
·
The referee will determine if a jersey change is required.
·
All players, with the exception of the goalkeeper, must have uniforms
with unique, individual numbers on the shirt.
Unique numbers may be created with tape if necessary.
Should a team change jerseys due to a color conflict, numbers
will not be required on replacement jerseys.
However, the coach must provide a player’s uniform number if
requested by the referee.
The goal keeper's jersey must be easily distinguishable from all other
players and the referee.
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Casts: players who are
wearing protective casts are permitted to play provided the following
conditions are met:
- The cast is wrapped in foam or other protective
material that will protect other players.
- The player with the cast does not attempt to use
the cast to an advantage or in
such a way to put the
player or any other players in danger.
- The referee approves the cast.
Such approval will not be unreasonably withheld.
·
Referees will check all equipment prior to each match.
No equipment changes may be made after the referee's check
without permission from the referee.
·
The referee will have the final say concerning the acceptance of
equipment for play.
INCLEMENT
WEATHER
Every attempt will be made to have all games played;
however, the Tournament Director reserves the right to cancel or modify
any game due to weather conditions prior to the start of the game.
S.W.A.Y.S.A. is required to follow
It is the responsibility of the participating teams
to check the tournament website and/or City of
Unless the website indicates fields are closed, teams and coaches must be at the game site and ready to play on time as scheduled. Failure to appear will result in forfeiture of the game.
Should a game be terminated prior to completion, and at least one-half has been played, the match will be considered as official and the score at that time will stand.
REFEREES
Referees will be used for all games. All referees will be certified. A one-man system will be used for age groups through U12. U13 and above age groups will use a three-man system. If requested by the referee, each team must provide an assistant referee.
If a referee
fails to arrive at the field as scheduled, the game will proceed using a
volunteer referee(s) selected by a Site Coordinator or other Tournament
Official until the scheduled referee arrives.
The score from any such game is official and no protests are
allowed.
Referee
interference/abuse will not be tolerated.
Any player, parent, coach or spectator (to include pets) will be
ordered removed from the tournament site should their behavior in any
way hinder the ability of the referee to perform his/her duties.
TEAM FIELD POSITION
The home team is the team listed first in the official game schedule. The home team has first choice of which side of the field it occupies for its coaches, players, parents and spectators. The visiting team, its coaches, players, parents, and spectators will occupy the opposite side of the field unless otherwise directed by a referee or tournament official. Coaches are responsible for the behavior of all players, parents, spectators and pets on their sideline.
Coaches and substitute players will remain at least one meter from the sidelines and within the technical (bench) area at all times. Parents and other spectators will remain at least 3 meters from the sidelines at all times. No one is permitted to stand closer to the end line than the top of the 14yard box for U9 through U12 teams and the top of the 18-yard box for U13 through U19 teams.
No one is allowed at the end of the field between the touchlines or behind the goal, and no coaching is allowed behind the goal line.
GAME
FORMAT
Games within this Tournament will consist of two rounds: Qualification and Championship. The Qualification Round is formatted into mini games. Each team will play 4 mini games on Saturday. The Championship Round is formatted into full games. Each team will play at least one full game on Sunday.
YELLOW CARDS, RED CARDS, AND EJECTIONS
Any player or
coach, who receives two yellow cards in the same tournament game, or one
red card, will immediately leave the field and be banned from continuing
participation in the game.
That player or coach will also be banned from the next Tournament game.
Violations of a serious nature will be reported immediately to
the Tournament Director and may result in further disciplinary action,
including suspension from the Tournament.
TOURNAMENT SCORING – QUALIFICATION ROUND
The following
point system will be used in the Qualification Round to properly place
teams for participation in the Championship Round:
1.
Regulation Win
3 points
2.
Regulation Tie
1 point for each team
3.
Regulation Loss
0 points
4.
Bonus Points
See below
Bonus Points:
If, after applying the point system described above, two or more teams
are tied, bonus points will be applied in the following manor:
One (1) bonus
point for shutout, (including 0-0 ties), and
Up to three (3) bonus points for goal
differential
(Goals scored minus goals allowed per game)
Teams remaining
tied after bonus points are applied will use the following tie breaking
procedures to determine advancing teams:
1.
Results of head-to-head competition
2.
Least goals allowed
3.
Most Wins
4.
Most goals scored
5.
Penalty kicks in accordance with FIFA rules
In case of a
three-way tie, once a step is used to determine the tiebreaker, the
process must continue to the next step and may not revert back.
Any forfeiture
by any team will cause that team to be seeded last in its age group.
A forfeiture of any qualifying game will be recorded as a 1-0 win
for the opposing team.
Qualification Round – Placement of U9 through U19 Teams for the Championship Round
All teams
participating in the Qualification Round will play mini-games.
At the end of each mini-game, the winning and losing teams will
be awarded game points. At
the conclusion of all qualification games in each age group, the game
points will be totaled. The
team with the highest game points will be placed in the highest
position. The team with the
next highest game points will be placed in the next position.
This will continue until all teams have been placed for
participation in the Championship Round.
Should two teams have the same number of game points, bonus
points and then tiebreakers specified above will take effect. In large
age groups with many teams there will be multiple divisions created for
the Championship round. For
example in a group of 16 teams the teams ranked 1-8 after the qualifying
round would be placed in one division and teams 9-16 would be placed in
another division.
Seeding will be
posted on the Tournament website after 8 P.M. on Saturday. Once the
seeding has been posted to the website, no changes will be made.
Championship
Round (U9 through U19 Teams)
After the Qualification Round, all U9 through U19 teams will move into the Championship Round. The Championship Round will determine the winner and finalist for each age group (or each division if the age group has multiple divisions). If a tie results from a Championship Round, tiebreaker rules for the Championship Round found in this Section will be followed.
Tournament Scoring - Resolving ties in the championship round:
In the
Championship Round, teams that are tied at the end of regulation time
will proceed directly to FIFA penalty kick procedures with only the
players that were on the field at the end of the game being eligible to
participate.
Penalty Kick
Procedures:
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Captains meet for coin toss to determine who kicks first.
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Referee decides which goal is to be used.
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Five players, selected by the coach, will be used for the first round of
penalty
kicks - alternating kicks.
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The team scoring the most goals will be the winner.
If there is a winner prior to all
kicks being taken, kicks will cease.
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If a tie still exists after the first round, the remaining players from
each team will alternate kicks until one team scores and the other team
does not.
SCORE REPORTING
There will be
no field marshals at this Tournament.
Instead, each team representative will be given a game card at
Tournament registration. At
the conclusion of each game, it will be the winning team’s
responsibility to have the card completed and returned to the site
coordinator’s table. The winning team will have the referee sign the
game card to verify the score and note any yellow and red cards.
If the game should end in a tie, it will be both teams’
responsibility to return game cards to the site coordinator’s table.
This will be the official method of recording the scores from
each game played throughout the Tournament.
Each winning or tying team will have 1 hour from the end of the
game to bring the completed game card to the site coordinator’s table or
it will be recorded as a forfeit for that team.
When a game card is returned to the site coordinator’s table, the
team representative will be given a new game card.
Awards:
The players on the winner and finalist teams in each age group will receive trophies.