Game Formats
Spring 2009

U7

  • Players: 4v4 (no goalkeepers) - two simultaneous side-by-side games
  • Time:  4 quarters of 12 minutes each
  • Ball:  size 3
  • Fields:  played with portable Puggs on whatever fields available
  • Substitutions:  at any stoppage of play
  • Referees: none
  • Coaches: one coach per team permitted on field with players
  • Offside Rule:  not enforced

U8

  • Players: 6v6 (5 field players and 1 goalkeeper)
  • Time:  4 quarters of 12 minutes each
  • Ball:  size 4
  • Fields:  super-small-sided (4A or 4B)
  • Substitutions:  during breaks between quarters; with referee permission after a goal, due to an injury, on either team’s goal kick, or on the substituting team’s throw-in
  • Referees: center referee provided; each team to provide one linesman
  • Coaches: one coach per team permitted on field with players
  • Offside Rule:  not enforced

U9/10

  • Players: 9v9 (8 field players and 1 goalkeeper)
  • Time:  2 halves of 30 minutes each
  • Ball:  size 4
  • Fields:  small-sided (Fields 3, 5, 6 or 7)
  • Substitutions:  during halftime or with referee permission after a goal, due to an injury, on either team’s goal kick, or on the substituting team’s throw-in
  • Referees: center referee provided; each team to provide one linesman
  • Coaches: remain on sideline with team, opposite the parents
  • Offside Rule:  enforced

U11/12

  • Players: 9v9 (8 field players and 1 goalkeeper)
  • Time:  2 halves of 35 minutes each
  • Ball:  size 4
  • Fields:  small-sided (Fields 3, 5, 6 or 7)
  • Substitutions:  during halftime or with referee permission after a goal, due to an injury, on either team’s goal kick, or on the substituting team’s throw-in
  • Referees: center referee provided; each team to provide one linesman
  • Coaches: remain on sideline with team, opposite the parents
  • Offside Rule:  enforced

U13-18

  • Players: 11v11 (10 field players and 1 goalkeeper)
  • Time:  2 halves of 45 minutes each
  • Ball:  size 5
  • Fields:  full-sided (Fields 1, 2 or Turf)
  • Substitutions:  during halftime or with referee permission after a goal, due to an injury, on either team’s goal kick, or on the substituting team’s throw-in
  • Referees: center referee and linesmen provided
  • Coaches: remain on sideline with team, opposite the parents
  • Offside Rule:  enforced

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