YOUTH TOURNAMENT 3 V 3 

• Earlybird registration $170/team 
• Full price registration $200/team
**AGE BRACKETS INCLUDE U-8 — U16
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Game Duration: Two 12-minute halves, a two minute halftime period OR the first team to reach 12 goals, whichever comes first. Games that are tied after regulation play shall end in a tie. There are no timeouts and the Game Clock does not stop in 3v3 games. 

Substitution: Substitutions may be made during dead-ball situations, regardless of possession. Teams must gain the "Coach referee’s" attention and players must enter and exit at mid-field when prompted by the Coach referee. Substitutions cannot be made on the fly!
Points Scoring
Standings shall be based on teams being awarded the following points:

​• 6 points for a win
• 4 points for a tie
• 1 point for every goal upto 3 goals
• 1 point for a shutout win (not 0-0 tie)
• 3 point LOSS for a red card
• 1 point LOSS fopr a yellow card.
• 10 points for a ‘no show’ forfeit, marked as 0 – 3 win to the opposing team for ALL games played by a forfeited team

Rules that separate 3 v 3 from full size games:

Kick off: May be kicked in any direction. You cannot score directly from a kick off (ball must be 100% over the mid-line to be considered on the offensive half of the field). The kick-off is an indirect kick. 

Kick-ins: The ball shall be kicked into play from the sideline, rather than thrown in. The ball is considered in play when the ball is touched and changes position. This is an indirect kick, and a goal cannot be scored from this kick. 

Direct & Indirect kicks: All dead-ball kicks (kick-ins, kick-offs, free kicks) are indirect with the exception of corner kicks and penalty kicks. Indirect kicks must only change position before the ball will be considered in play. If a free kick is awarded within five yards of the opposing goal box, the ball will be moved back to five yards from the box. 

Goal kicks: May be taken from any point of the end line. All Goal Kicks are indirect kicks. 

Penalty kicks: Shall be awarded if a scoring opportunity was nullified by an infraction (the infraction does not automatically result in a red card). Penalty kicks are DIRECT kicks taken from the center of the mid-line with all players (on both teams) behind the mid-line. Penalty kicks are dead ball infractions.

If a goal is not scored, the defense obtains possession with a goal kick.

Five Yard Rule: In all dead-ball situations, defending players must stand at least five yards away from the ball. If the defensive player’s goal is closer than five yards, the ball shall be played five yards from the goal box in line with the direction of play prior to the penalty.

Goal Scoring: A goal may only be scored from a touch (offensive or defensive) within the team’s offensive half on the field. The ball must be completely on the offensive half of the field, and cannot be touching the mid-line (Example: kick-off). If a player in their defensive half kicks the ball across the midline and the ball hits another player (offensive or defensive) in their offensive half, and the ball goes in the goal, a goal will be awarded. If a ball is kicked from the defensive half and is not touched before the ball rests in the goal, a goal kick is awarded to the defensive team. A goal cannot be scored from an indirect kick, such as a kick-in from out-of-bounds. 

Goal Keepers: There are no Goalkeepers in 3v3 Soccer. 

Offsides: No Off-sides in 3v3 soccer

No Slide Tackling. If a player is sliding for the ball, contact with any player(s) from the other team is NOT ALLOWED. If a player slides and contact is initiated, a free kick shall be awarded. This does not prevent players from sliding to stop/intercept a ball where contact is not initiated during the slide. 

Example: a player may slide to save a ball from going out-of-bounds. 

*Hand Ball Clarification: Deliberate handling of the ball that denies a team of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity will result in a penalty kick (at the discretion of the Coach referee) ​