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KING CUP 2006

 

General tournament requirements

 

1 – MANDATORY MANAGERS MEETING

·        A mandatory coaches/ managers meeting will be held the Friday before the tournament begins.

·        It will be held at a place to be determined.

·        A coach, managers or team representative MUST attend this meeting.

·        The Tournament Director will not be responsible if a change of the schedule was made and a team was not present.

 

2 – ROSTERS

·        A team can have a maximum of twenty (20) players on their roster.

·        Changes on the final roster will be accepted before the team plays its first game.

·        Rosters must be turned in at the MANDATORY MANAGERS MEETING.

·        Players are allowed to play on only one (1) team in a division.

 

3 - PLAYERS IDENTIFICATION

·        All players must have a valid photo I.D. with date of birth.

·        Players are required to have their I.D. available at the field, in case a protest is made regarding age.

 

4 – SCORE CARDS

·        Coaches or managers are responsible for making sure that the proper score is recorded on the referees score card at the end of each game.

 

5 – TRASH BAGS AND CONTAINERS

·        Every team is encouraged to pick up after themselves.

·        Trash containers are available throughout the soccer complex.

·        Additional trash bags can be obtained at the concession stand.

·        HELP US KEEP OUR FIELDS CLEAN.

 

 

TOURNAMENT RULES

 

This tournament will be played under FIFA Rules, however the following modifications apply.

 

1 – All games will be considered as final and no protest will be allowed.

 

2 – Team rosters will be a requirement at the start of the tournament.

 

3 – All players must be of the age of the group that they are playing in, an exception of two younger players will be permitted with their ages not to exceed below two years from the minimum requirement of the group.  Age is determined not by date of birth but by the calendar year of birth.  This means the player must be or turn the age of the bracket or the age of the exception by December 31 of the tournament year.

THIS RULE WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

Teams that field ineligible players will be assessed with an automatic 0-2 loss.

There will be NO exceptions.

 

4 – Slide tackling is not allowed in the Over 35, Over 40 Recreational, Over 48 Recreational and Over 55 divisions.  Slide tackling is allowed in competitive divisions only.   Slide tackling must be directed at the ball.  Any slide tackles directed at players will result in a Red Card.  Team managers may confer with the referee prior to the game at hand to amend the rule for the game being played.

 

5 – Unlimited substitutions will be permitted.

 

6 – Yellow Cards entail an automatic five (5) minute cooling off period.  The player may be substituted.

     

7 – A player ejected for a red card will automatically miss his team’s next game.

Depending on the severity of the ejection the Tournament Director has the right to extend the suspension.

 

8 – A player ejected for fighting or striking another player, will be suspended for the rest of the tournament.

 

9 – A player or team official (coach or manager) who physically attacks a player, referee or tournament official will be suspended from the rest of the tournament and possibly all future tournaments.

 

10 – Any player not playing for the team that was on the original roster will be disqualified and the team that allowed him to play will forfeit the game.

 

11 – Teams that forfeit games without notifying the Tournament Director will not be invited to future tournaments.

 

  

 

 

 

 

POINT SYSTEM   

               

The point system is as follows:

 

·        6 points for a win                                                                                       

·        4 points for a tie

·        1 point for every goal, up to 3 goals 

·        1 goal awarded for shootout victory                                                                       

·        1 point for a shutout

·        1 point loss for a red card

·        9 points for a forfeit, marked as a 0-2 win

           

Tie breakers are as follows:

 

·        1 – Most points                                                                                              

·        2 – Most goals scored                                                                                 

·        3 – Least goals against     

·        4 -  Head to head result                                                                                        

·        5 – Red cards                                                                                                

·        6 – coin toss

 

            REMINDER         Team managers are entirely responsible to ensure that all players are properly registered and meet the age restrictions of the group that they are playing in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEAM ROSTER

Team Name_______________

 

 

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Manager Signature__________________________________________Date__________________