1. If a team is short players for the tournament, coaches may use guest players from BPAA Soccer teams below their division, as allowed by rule 5.4 of the 2007 BPAA Soccer “Philosophy and Rules”
2. All teams MUST wear the issued BPAA uniforms.
3. All winning coaches are to report the score of their game to the tournament headquarters located by the concession stand at the Noble Sports Park (NSP).
1. All referees' decisions are final. No protests will be allowed.
2. Coaches return any BPAA equipment after their last game to the headquarters tent at NSP. Referees are to record their scores on their referee cards. However, coaches are responsible for reporting scores in the tournament.
3. Referees are asked to report their scores to the headquarters tent at the end of their games. If they are doing consecutive games, try to give the scores to a BPAA committee member.
1. Trophies are awarded according to the number of teams in a division with the exception of U6-U7 teams. All players on the U6-U7 teams get a participation trophy. To find out if your team gets a trophy, look on the tournament record, which is located at the Tent by the main concession stand..
2. All games will be (2) 30-minute halves, except for U6-U7, U8-U10, and Boys U11 games, which are 25-minute halves. If the weather dictates that quarters are needed for water breaks, the referees will be notified by the BPAA committee to do so.
1. There are no ties in tournament play. If a tie occurs you will play two 5-minute overtime periods, the two periods are not sudden death.
2. A coin toss will be performed before the start of the first overtime period to establish ball possession.
3. At the end of the first 5-minute period teams will switch ends without a break and begin the next 5-minute period.
4. If the two 5 minute overtime periods ends in a tie, then proceed to the shoot-out as indicated below.
The shoot-out procedure as used to determine a winner if a game is tied after the conclusion of regulation and overtime plays. The shoot-out procedure as described by FIFA rules (page 54) are followed with the following exceptions:
1. The center referee of the game conducts the shoot-out procedures unless scheduling problems requires a BPAA Soccer Committee member to name an alternate referee to conduct the shoot-out.
2. The referee chooses the goal at which the kicks will be taken, unless it is determined that it is too dark to proceed or field scheduling required an alternate time and location to proceed with the shoot-out. If a new location or time is required it must be determined or approved by a committee member.
3. The referee tosses a coin and the team whose captain wins the toss decides whether to take the first or second kick. For the COED division the coin toss winner can choose the first or second shot or if a boy or girl must start the shoot-out, then the other team makes the other choice. For example the coin toss winner may choose to shoot second and the other captain may choose girls first.
4. Each team must select the first five (5) players to participate in the shoot-out from the players (including the goalie) that were on the field at the end of the game. The numbers (required) and names (optional) of these players are given to the referee in the order the players will shoot.
5. The goalie for the shoot-out must be the goalie at the conclusion of the game. The goalie may be substituted only if injured and unable to play.
6. After the first 5 players of each team has been identified, with the exception goalies, they are positioned in the half center circle closest to the shoot-out goal. The remaining team members and coaches may enter the field but must stay on the opposite half of the field from the selected goal and out of the center circle completely.
7. One Assistant referee stays with the gathered teams to insure players and coaches remain in their proper places. The other assistant referee is used to assist the referee.
8. The kicks are taken alternately by the teams. For COED Each team must alternate genders for each turn (Boy-Girl-Boy-Girl-Boy or Girl-Boy-Girl-Boy-Girl depending on the choice at the coin toss).
9. If, when both teams have taken their five kicks, each team has scored the same number of goals, the shoot-out becomes sudden death. Kicks are continued with each team alternating kicks in the same manner until until one team has more goals than the other with the same number of kicks. For example, after a round of sudden death kicks, if one team has scored and the other did not, the team that scored the goal has won the shoot-out and the game
10. All players on each team are eligible to kick and each kick must be taken by a different player before any player on a team can take a second kick. For COED teams this rule is gender specific, that is if all girls on a team has kicked but there are still boys who haven't, the girls restart their rotation.