8U/10U Playoff Guidelines Tie breakers to determine placement in Final & Consolation Games:
1. Head to Head
2. Goals allowed
3. Goals For
4. Shots from the mark (Date & Time to be determined by the Commissioner)
Playoff Games Ending In A Tie After Regulation Play
- During pool/seating play games can end in a tie. There will be no overtime.
- If a tie exists at the end of the Semi & Final Championship game, then two 10 Minute overtime periods shall be played to determine a winner. NOTE: This is NOT sudden victory overtime (Not Golden Goal)
- Substitution may be use before the start of the overtime.
- The team with the most goals at the end of the two (2) overtime periods shall be declared the winner.
- Teams playing short in regulation time play as a result of ejection(s), shall continue to do so in overtime.
- The teams shall change ends of the field after the completion of the first overtime period. No half-time break will be permitted, i.e. play in the second overtime period must begin immediately. • If the teams are still tied after the two (2) overtime periods a final untimed Sudden Death (Next Goal Win) period will begin.
12U/14U Playoff Guidelines Tie breakers to determine placement in Championship Game:
1. Head to Head
2. Goals allowed
3. Goals For
4. Shots from the mark (Date & Time to be determined by the Commissioner)
Playoff Games Ending In A Tie After Regulation Play
- During pool play games can end in a tie. There will be no overtime.
- If a tie exists at the end of the championship game, then two (2) full overtime periods shall be played to determine a winner. NOTE: This is NOT sudden victory overtime (Not Golden Goal)
- Substitution may be use before the start of the overtime.
- The team with the most goals at the end of the two (2) overtime periods shall be declared the winner.
- Teams playing short in regulation time play as a result of ejection(s), shall continue to do so in overtime.
- The teams shall change ends of the field after the completion of the first overtime period. No half-time break will be permitted, i.e. play in the second overtime period must begin immediately.
The length of overtime play shall be:
- Two (2) Ten Min (10) halves
- Should a tie remain after the completion of the two (2) overtime periods, a winner shall be determined by a Shoot-Out (taking of kicks from the Penalty Mark; Kicks From The Mark, in accordance with FIFA Law).
- Player's on the field at the end of the second overtime period may take part in the Shoot-Out, and none of these players may be exempted from the taking of a kick, should the number of kicks required to determine a winner, warrant their participation.
- The referee chooses the goal at which the kicks will be taken.
- The referee tosses a coin and the team whose captain wins the toss decides whether to take the first or the second kick
- The referee keeps a record of the kicks being taken.
- Subject to the conditions explained below, both teams take five kicks.
- The kicks are taken alternately by the teams.
- If, before both teams have taken five kicks, one has scored more goals than the other could score, even if it were to complete its five kicks, no more kicks are taken.
- If, after both teams have taken five kicks, both have scored the same number of goals, or have not scored any goals, kicks continue to be taken in the same order until one team has scored a goal more than the other from the same number of kicks.
- A goalkeeper who is injured while kicks are being taken from the penalty mark and is unable to continue as goalkeeper may be replaced.
Procedures To Determine The Winner Of A Match
- With the exception of the foregoing case, only players who are on the field of play at the end of the match, which includes extra time where appropriate, are allowed to take kicks from the penalty mark.
- Each kick is taken by a different player and all eligible players must take a kick before any player can take a second kick.
- An eligible player may change places with the goalkeeper at any time when kicks from the penalty mark are being taken.
- Only the eligible players and match officials are permitted to remain on the field of play when kicks from the penalty mark are being taken.
- All players, except the player taking the kick and the two goalkeepers, must remain within the center circle.
- The goalkeeper who is the team-mate of the kicker must remain on the field of play, outside the penalty area in which the kicks are being taken, on the goal line where it meets the penalty area boundary line.
- If it is windy & causes the ball to move from the mark, the kicking team coach can hold the ball in place for the kicker.