Rules & Regulations 

GHYSA LAWS OF THE GAME VARIATIONS:

General Recreational Rules

• All participants will abide by GHYSA Safety and Equipment Rules.

• All players should play at least 50% of every game. The position of goalkeeper should not be the responsibility of one player, but all team members should take turns playing this position.

• No league or match results are retained. Final scores or league standings are not to be recorded.
  

​

• All recreational players placed on teams are based on age. 

General Modified Laws of the Game 

• No slide tackling. Tackling is done via two methods. With the shoulder, and with the feet. A shoulder tackle is pushing a player away from the ball using the shoulder. This does not allow the player to push-off with the arm or dive into a player with the shoulder. It is a straight up shoulder to shoulder tackle. Tackling with the feet is taking the ball away from an opponent by kicking it away. Slide tackling is not allowed in recreational soccer. Tackling a player from behind, or striking the player first, and not the ball, is a foul.

• Allow unlimited substitutions on any dead ball.

• No offside at U6 - U8.

• All "Free Kicks" are "Indirect Free Kicks" for U6 and U8 age groups.

• Injury timeouts are acceptable prior to ball going out-of-play.

• Control of the ball for goalkeepers is defined as contact between any part of the goalkeeper and the ball. Player shall stop actions and move away from the keeper when they have control of the ball.

• Teams will change sides at the half.