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 SOCCER RULES

 

  1. 8 players on the field maximum including 5 men (maximum) and 3 women (no maximum number of women)
  2. 5 players, including 1 woman required to start a game (see Team Size/Co-ed Rules)
  3. Short field with a goalie and real goals
  4. All games are RAIN or SHINE (unless dangerous conditions)
  5. Game time is forfeit time
  6. Two 24-minute running halves with 3 minute half time
  7. There is no off sides
  8. Slide tackles are illegal
  9. All free kicks are direct; except on goalie pass back violations (indirect)
  10. Each team is required to provide 1 (one) referee for the game that precedes/follows your game. (Teams failing to provide referees will incur penalties)
  11. Any unsportsmanlike behavior will result in that player/team being suspended/removed from participating in all ZogSports NJ leagues for one year

 

NEW AND DEFINITELY ENFORCED RULES

 
  1. NEW RULE – YELLOW CARDS – If a player receives a yellow card (warning) for any reason (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING – excessive rough play, not heeding a verbal warning or excessively arguing a call, etc.), he/she will be required to sit out of the game for four minutes. The team will be able to substitute a player for the yellow card recipient. The referee will let the player/team know when the four minute "penalty" has expired. If a team is short players, they will have to play down a player until the penalty expires.
  2. Verbally abusing or excessively arguing with the referee results in a red card. The player will be ejected from the game and their team will play one player short for the remainder of the game.

 

FORFEITS/GAME TIME

Please don’t forfeit. Your teammates and opponents count on you to have a full team and competitive game. Each team must have at least 5 (five) players including 1 (one) woman to start a game. Game time is forfeit time. Due to the extremely tight schedule, we strongly suggest arriving at the field 20-30 minutes before game time for warm-ups since the games must start on time to complete the game. FYI – since we do not rent the track, team cannot warm-up kicking the ball on track. Please use other areas.

 

REFEREEING

ZSNJ will provide a head referee for each field. Each team is still responsible to provide 1 (one) referee (very occasionally 2) for the game that precedes/follows your game. This rule has been used successfully in numerous leagues across the country and is a great way to break the ice and meet people from other teams. Since the referees are so important to good games, THIS RULE WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. (See Referee Penalties below.) ZS encourages 2 people from 1 team to team-ref their required referee slot. This will help additional players learn the rules.

 

CLOCK/TIME

Two 24-minute running halves with 3 minute half time. The clock stops only for official’s time-outs (injuries and called time-outs). Any delay tactics, such as kicking the ball far out of bounds, will enable the referee (at his/her discretion) to stop the clock.

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