33rd
Annual East Meadow Soccer Tournament Sponsored by Covanta
2011 Rules
Game Play
FIFA Rules
Will Apply Unless Amended By A Specific Rule Below
1.
Eligibility All teams and players must be properly
registered and affiliated with their state or
national
association. All players must be born in the year of their
age group or a later year.
All teams must present a team
roster at registration, which is certified by the Club
President,
Registrar or designated officer. All teams
must have player passes available at all games.
Tournament
passes will be issued at registration for qualified players
without LIJSL or other
league passes.
2. Roster
Size
U9 Roster size max of 15 and will play 8 v 8
U10 Roster size max of 15 and will play 8 v 8
U11 Roster size
max of 15 and will play 9 v 9
U12 and above Roster size max
of 18 and will play 11 v 11
(U16 and above can dress 18
but may roster up to 22, BUT ONLY 18 TROPHIES WILL BE GIVEN TO
ANY TEAM)
3. Guest Players
U8-U11 - Up to 3 guest players will be allowed; U12-U19 - Up to
5 guest players will be allowed.
4.
Uniforms Uniforms must be numbered and must coincide
with the team roster.
In cases where uniform colors
conflict (in the judgment of the referee), the home team
(listed first on the schedule) will change uniform colors.
5.
Duration of Games All games with the exception of the
U-8, U-9, U-10 and U-11
(Small Sided) divisions will consist
of 2, thirty-minute halves with a five-minute half-time
intermission. The U-8, U-9, U-10 and U-11 (Small Sided)
divisions shall play 2,
twenty-five minute halves with a
five-minute half-time intermission. The tournament
committee reserves the right to shorten game times to keep on
schedule.
6. Inclement Weather Coaches
and players must appear on the field of play,
ready to play,
regardless of weather conditions. Failure to appear will
result in a forfeit of the game.
a) Inclement
Weather During Game Should a game progress be terminated
due to weather
conditions after twenty five minutes of play,
the game will be considered official and the score
at the
time the game was terminated shall stand.
b) Inclement
Weather Before Game
1) Game Not
Canceled In case or severe weather conditions or impending
severe
weather
conditions, the referee and or the Tournament Director or his
designee may
reduce the length of the game by fifty percent.
2) Game Canceled Only the Referee, Tournament Director
or his designee can cancel
or postpone a game. Every attempt will be made to
reschedule the game. Any game,
which can not be rescheduled, will be considered a 1-1 tie.
7) Team
Field Position Both
teams players and coaches must take a position on the same
side of the field. Both sets of parents on the opposite
side of the field.
8) Protests
There shall be no
protests. The judgment of the referee cannot be contested.
9)
Linespersons Unless provided for by the tournament, each
team is required to provide
a linesperson for their side of
the field.
10)
Substitutions
a
player may be substituted on at a stoppage of play with the
permission of the referee
(NOTE: Tournament regulations
may limit when substitutions may be made by specifying specific
stoppages in play when substitutions can be made (ex: at
goal kicks and corner kicks, on your teams
throw-ins,
when a player is cautioned); otherwise substitutions may be made
at any stoppage only
with the permission of the
referee, and 2) if the age group is 15 & under, free
substitution is allowed.
For age groups 16 years and older,
free substitution is allowed providing the tournament is not an
official competition (but a friendly club tournament) and
the age category does not include matches
between national
teams of CONCACAF member countries.
11) Ball
Size U-8 through
U-12 Size 4. All other divisions Size 5.
12) Cards
and Ejections A
player, coach or spectator receiving a red card will be ejected
from the game and may not participate in the next scheduled
game. The team may not
replace an ejected player on the
field of play. The Tournament Committee further reserves
the right to eject any player, coach or spectator from the
tournament for flagrant violations
of the rules of play.
Any Player, Coaches or Parents receiving a red card in the 5th
and
final game of the tournament and therefore unable to
serve the one game suspension will
be reported to the LIJSL
or their own home leagues for disciplinary action.
13) Failure
to Appear & Forfeits
A team shall be allowed a 5-minute grace period after
the
scheduled kick off time before the game is awarded to the
opponent. A forfeited game
shall be declared a 2-0
score, with no bonus points for tie breaking purposes.
14) Group
Rankings
A) Awarding of Points:
Points will be awarded on the
results of each game according to
the following protocol:
Three points for a win.
One point for a tie.
Zero
points for a loss.
Canceled game will be recorded as a 1-1 tie.
Forfeited game
will be recorded as a 2-0 loss.
Ranking is
based on sum of points earned.
B) Tie
Breaking:
These
conversions apply only after the final game.
If a tie should
exist after the teams have been ranked, the following
tiebreakers will be used in
the following order:
1. Head to head competition. (Does not apply if 3 or more teams
are tied.)
2. Most wins.
3. Least goals allowed.
4. Bonus
points: 1 bonus point will be awarded for each 2-goal increment
above the opposing team.
Example: 2-0 = 1 bonus point
4-0 = 2 bonus points
No more than 2 bonus points will be awarded in any one game.
No bonus
points are deleted for losses.
5. Most Shutout Wins.
6. Most goals
scored (maximum of 4 above each opponent counted.)
7. If teams are still tied after tiebreakers, a coin toss
shall be used to decide the ranking.
15.) In the
event of a ONE-SIDED GAME, COACHES ARE REQUIRED TO BE
CONSIDERATE OF THE SCORE.
16)
Trophies/Awards
6 Team
Divisions Trophies
will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd
place after Round Robin play
in accordance with the above
listed rules.
Trophies will
be awarded to 1st & 2nd place in the
following brackets:
Covanta
Cup Flight, U-15, U-16 and High School divisions.
17
Cancellation of Tournament
Cancellation prior to tournament
weekend: All entry fee money will be returned less
expense
incurred to date.
Cancellation during tournament
weekend: No entry fee refund can be made for cancellation of the
tournament in whole or part due to conditions outside the
control of the hosting club,
i.e. inclement weather.
18) General:
The tournament
committee reserves the right to decide all matters pertaining to
the tournament, including interpretation of the rules and
regulations.
All
applications must be entered on-line on our web site.
We
will not be certain where each group will be playing or who they
will be playing until we have
accepted all of the teams for
competition. We reserve the right to place your team in
the bracket
we believe to be appropriate and that may result
in your team playing up one year in age.
Because of the
size of the tournament and the number of locations used, we will
make the attempt
to, but cannot guarantee that we will be
able to accommodate the scheduling needs of an
individual
coaching more than one team.
Be sure to
provide all of the information requested in the application
form. You should include
a description of the structure of
competition in your State association (e.g., Premier, Major,
Intermediate, Minor, etc.) In addition, please let us know if
you are State or Regional champions.
We are using
the Polo Fields at Bethpage State Park again this year. These
fields are some
of the very best soccer pitches available on
Long Island. We will supply Three Parking Passes
per day to each team scheduled to play at that facility.
All other vehicles will be subject to
the $6.00 per day State
Parks Vehicle Access Fee. The Park Commission uses these
fees
to keep the fields well maintained. To reduce
costs it is recommended that all Coaches,
Team Players and
Parents arrange to car-pool to minimize the impact of the Fee.
If you already have one, the New York State Park Season
Passes (Empire Pass) will be honored
at the tournament.
