GENERAL RULES: Click here for a copy of the rules - The Tournament Committee's interpretation of the rules shall be final and the Committee reserves the right to decide on all matters pertaining to the tournament.
- The Tournament Committee, Buckingham United and CBAA will not be responsible for any expenses incurred by and team, club or individual if the Tournament is cancelled in whole or part.
- All teams are responsible for their own insurance. In case of injury during travel to or while participating in the tournament, the Tournament Committee, Buckingham United and CBAA will not be liable.
REGISTRATION: - You must register your team one hour prior to the start of your first game at the field venue listed on your schedule. There will be a registration table at the field.
- Documents required at registration: Your current state roster, medical release forms for all players, player/coaches passes and, "Permission to Travel" (if required).
- Guest players for U9 and U10 bracket is limited to 4; U11 to U16 is limited to 5. All guest players must be registered with your club and have a valid player pass and medical release. Medical Releases should be available at the field at all games.
- New travel players may be registered without a travel pass upon submission of a valid birth certificate at registration.
- If you need exceptions of clarifications to this policy, please call prior to the tournament date.
ELIGIBILITY: - Teams may consist of the following maximum number of players:
U-9 & U10 - 14 Players
U11 - & up - 18 Players
- All teams from outside Pennsylvania must have proof of "Permission to Travel" duly authorized by their state association at registration, if required.
- Players may play for only one team during the tournament.
GAME INFORMATION:
- The Home Team appears first on the game schedule and will have choice of field.
- The Visiting Team (second on the schedule) will kick off at the beginning of the first half.
- At the conclusion of each game a field marshal game sheet must be filled out, signed by both coaches and returned to the site headquarters.
- This is a Patch Tournament to exchange patches with your competitors.
SAFETY: Ttrainers will be available on the day of the tournament. Please contact a Field Marshall if you need assistance. VENDORS: All vendors must display their tournament identification at all times. All others will be escorted off of the premises. LAWS OF THE GAME: - All EPYSA and USYSA rules apply except as specifically noted in these rules:
- Coaches must carry their player passes with them during each game and provide it to the referee upon request.
- All uniforms must be numbered.
- Where uniform colors are similar, the designated home team (first team listed on the schedule) must change colors.
- Players are REQUIRED to wear shin guards in accordance with FIFA laws of the game.
- The home team will supply the game ball.
- It is the referee's discretion to consider equipment dangerous and to make a player change or replace that equipment
DURATION: - U9 to U12 games will consist of 25-minute halves and a 5-minute half-time break.
- U13-& up -These games will consist of 30-minute halves and a 5-minute half-time break.
- There will be no overtime periods.
- Each half will be a running clock with no stoppage except in the event of serious injury at the referee's discretion.
- Playoff/championship games will be of the same duration. In the event of a tie at the end of regulation, the winner shall be determined by penalty kicks as per FIFA rules.
FORFEITS:
A minimum of seven (7) players constitutes a team. At game time, the referee shall allow
only a 5-minute grace period for a team to supply the seven-player minimum. If the minimum number of players is not present at the end of that grace period, the referee shall declare a forfeit. The forfeit shall be counted as a 1-0 win for the opponent.
PROTESTS: There will be no protests allowed. CONDUCT: - Players, coaches, parents and spectators are expected to conduct themselves in a sportsmanlike manner at all times. Conduct shall be within the spirit of the game as well as the rules of the game. Field Marshall's and representatives of the Tournament Committee have absolute discretion in removing any player, coach or spectator that does not conduct themselves within these parameters.
- Any player given a caution (yellow card) must leave the field of play (substitution allowed) at the time of caution. That player may be reinserted at the next available stoppage that would allow for substitution by that team. Two yellow cards to the same player in the same game shall constitute a red card.
- Any player or coach awarded a red card may not be replaced and is suspended for the next tournament game. A coach dismissed from the game must leave the field after supplying his/her coach's pass to the referee.
DETERMINATION OF BRACKET STANDINGS: - Standings will be determined using the following point system:
WIN: 3 POINTS TIE: 1 POINT LOSS: 0 POINTS - The bracket winner shall be the team with the most points at the end of play.
- In the event of a tie between two teams within a bracket, the following criteria shall be used - in the order presented.
Head to Head competition Goal differential - with a maximum of 3 goals difference for each game Least goals allowed Most goals scored up to a maximum of 5 goals per game Shootout In the event of a tie between more than two teams~ - After the above criteria are satisfied to determine the 1st place team, the 2nd & 3rd place team will be decided starting over again with the "head to head" competition and repeating the process
CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Trophies will be awarded to the first and second place team in each bracket. In brackets with 4 or 5 total teams, the winner and runner up shall be declared on the basis of the total points and tiebreakers established above. In brackets with 6 teams (three team divisions) first, second and third place teams will play crossover games according to the schedule. The two first place teams in each division will play for the championship and runner up trophies.
WEATHER: In the event of severe weather, the tournament committee shall have the authority to: - Change game sites and/or shorten, by up to 50%, the duration of games.
- Consider a game official and the score will stand if at least one half of a game has been played and the referee decides to suspend play due to weather conditions.
- Cancel any preliminary game(s) having no bearing on the selection of division winners. .
- Every effort will be made to complete the Tournament as scheduled. However, if not, the raindate will be June 13 and 14, 2009.
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