All games will be played at the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion MAC court.
Games will be played 5v5 on the MAC court.
Co-Rec League: Teams will consist of 2 women, 2 men, and the goalie can be either gender. A team may start with a minimum of 3 players, but 1 of the court players must be a woman.
Each game consists of two 20-minute halves, continuous clock. There are no time-outs.
Game time is penalty time. Teams must be on their assigned court and ready to play at the scheduled game time.
1 Regular season games may end in a tie. During play-offs only, overtime will consist of two 5-minute sudden death periods. If the score is still tied, the game will go into a shoot- out with the following procedures:
A coin toss will decide which team kicks first.
Each captain will choose five players from those who were on the court at the end of the second overtime and arrange them in kicking order.
Each team will be given five penalty kicks, alternating between teams.
If the game remains tied after the shootout, a sudden death shoot-out will take place.
A sudden death shoot-out will consist of the captains arranging the remaining players on the court to kick first, followed by the five players who kicked the penalty kicks. A win will be awarded to the team who scores if the other team misses the corresponding kick.
All participants MUST wear athletic shoes while playing. Playing without shoes is NOT permitted.
One person must be designated as goalie. No player may interfere with or impede the goalie in any manner.
Once the goalkeeper has picked up the ball, he must redistribute it within six seconds; however, referees often use their discretion as long as the keeper is not obviously attempting to waste time.
Substitutions may be made on the fly as in ice hockey.
*NOTE: Any team having a player disqualified from a game will play short-handed. No substitute will be allowed.
Any fighting or unsportsmanlike activity directed at an opponent or an employee of the Intramural Sports Office will result in disciplinary action through the Intramural Sports Office.
There are no refs, so players will call their own fouls. The IM official on duty has final say over any disputed call between players or captains.
There is no offside rule.
II. FOULS & VIOLATIONS
The fundamental rules of outdoor soccer apply in indoor soccer--i.e. no handballs, tripping, hitting, fouling, etc.
In addition, slide tackles are not allowed.
Direct Free Kick awarded for: Kicking, tripping, jumping at opponent, pushing, holding, charging, handling the ball.
Indirect Free Kick awarded for: Goalkeeper taking more than six seconds, dangerous play, obstruction other than holding, and slide tackle.
Give 12 feet (4 paces) on all free kicks.
III. RESTARTING PLAY
A kick-in rather than a throw-in is awarded:
when the ball goes out of play, either in the air, or hits the ceiling
from the place where it crossed out of play
to the opponents of the player who last touched the ball
A goal cannot be scored directly from a kick-in
Position of the ball and the players:
The ball:
has to be stationary on the touch line
is kicked back into play in any direction
The player taking the kick-in:
has part of each foot either on the touch line or on the ground outside the touch line at the moment of kicking the ball.
The players of the defending team:
are at least 12ft (4 paces) from the place where the kick-in is taken.
Procedure:
The player taking the kick-in must do so within 4 seconds of taking possession of the ball.
The player taking the kick-in may not play the ball a second time until it has touched another player.
The ball is in play immediately after it is kicked or touched.
Goal kick:
A goal kick is awarded when:
The ball, having last touched a player of the attacking team, passes over the goal line and goes out of play, and a goal is not scored in accordance.
From inside the penalty area, the goalkeeper kicks the ball into play.
The ball is not in play until it has passed outside of the penalty area. If the goal clearance is received inside of the penalty area, the goal clearance shall be taken over.
Corner Kick:
Ball is placed on the corner (no corner-kick arc). If ball is misplaced, the corner kick is taken over.
The kicker cannot play the ball a second time until it has been played by another player; infringement of this rule entails an indirect free kick to the opposing team from the point of infringement.
Players on the opposing team must be at least 12 ft (4 paces) away from point of the corner kick.
A goal can be scored directly from a corner kick.
IV. PENALTY KICKS
Penalty kicks are awarded in cases where a violation committed by a defending player, which ordinarily results in a direct free kick, occurs in the penalty area.
It shall be taken from the penalty spot and all players except the kicker and opposing goalie are outside of the penalty area and at least ten yards from the penalty spot (top of 3 point arc).
The ball must be kicked forward and the kicker may not play the ball a second time until another player has touched it.
The ball is alive after a missed penalty kick.
The goalie must be set within the goalie box before the ball is kicked.
The player taking the kick must kick the ball forward and cannot play the ball a second time.
V. GOAL SCORING
A goal is scored when the whole ball has passed over the goal line.
