City Cup 2023 Tournament Rules!

STANDINGS & SCORING

• Teams will receive 3 points for a win.
• Teams will receive 1 point for a tie.
• Teams will receive 0 points for a loss.
• Tiebreaker: if teams finish the group stage tied on points, the tiebreaker will be decided on goal difference, then head-to-head, then goals for, then goals against to decide which team makes the final.
• Games will be of a maximum of an 8-0 differential.  Referees may ask a Head Coach to take a player off or ask a Coach if they want to add a player (if score is completely one side).

GAMEPLAY RULES

• There will be two 25-minute halves per each game.
• On goal kicks players will need to retreat to their own half.
• There will be NO heading of the ball.
• Goalkeepers cannot punt the ball.
• No sliding, including slide tackling and sliding to score/keep the ball in-bounds.
• Everything out-of-bounds will be a throw-in (besides goal kicks and corner kicks)!
• Substitutions will happen on the fly throughout the game.
• Any foul, stoppage of play due to a violation, and/or ball hitting the roof netting will be an indirect kick. Unless a violation occurs in the box, which in that case results in a penalty kick. EX: Handball, foul, or slide.
• Please stop the game if a player is injured or a player gets hit in the head with the ball.