NCCNY Soccer Tournament Rules

Team Registration Rules

  1. Teams cannot have more than 15 individuals (including Manager and a Coach) in a team.
  2. Any individual who are among the 15 individuals in the team roster can play the match.
  3. Completed Team Roster form and individual player liability waiver form from all players is required to participate.
  4. Team picture must be taken at the booth before participating in the tournament.
  5. Team registration balance for the tournament must be paid in full.
  6. This tournament is mainly for Nepali speaking community originally from Himalayan region (Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, Burma and India), however, teams are allowed to include players in their team regardless of language, origin, nationality, ethnicity, color, race or religion.
  7. Every teams MUST HAVE at least 50% players (7 of 15 players) from Himalayan region. PLEASE DON'T REGISTER IF YOU DON'T MEET THIS REQUIREMENT. There will be no exceptions and no REFUND.
  8. Teams are required to purchase bring different colored numbered pinnies (aka bibs) besides their regular color Jersey. Eg. If a team has a blue jersey, they must bring red (non-blue) numbered pinnies.
  9. All teams must provide a list of players and their respective jersey numbers prior to the tournament.
  10. Organizer is not liable for any kind of personal injuries during the event of games.
  11. Organizer reserves all the rights regarding the tournament.
  12. Organizer has a right to update existing rules and circulate additional rules and regulations.

***TEAM REGISTRATION FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. NO EXCEPTION!***

Rules of play

  1. Every games must be played with Organizer's soccer ball.
  2. Teams must be present at the field 20 min prior to start time.
  3. Every player in each team must have Jersey (or the same colored, numbered bibs/pinnies) , boots, and Shin Guards.
  4. Game time will be 40 mins (20 mins before and after half-time) and 5 min half-time, if not updated on tie-sheet drawing day.
  5. First team listed kicks off.
  6. All re-starts will be indirect kicks.
  7. Free subs on all out of play stoppages.
  8. At maximum, 8 players per match per team - 1 goalie and 7 field players.
  9. At minimum, 5 players per match per team.
  10. Maximum of 15 players per team during the tournament including team captain and/or manager.
  11. League games can end in a tie.
  12. In case a player of a team (Team X) is found to be playing also for another team (Team Y), both teams - Team X and Team Y - will be DISQUALIFIED from the tournament.
  13. Quarter, Semi and Final matches will be determined by 2, 5 minute golden goal overtime periods and then followed by a 3 attempt PK shootout if needed.
  14. Yellow and red cards will be enforced. 2 Yellows in one match equals a Red. A Red results in a player leaving the remainder of the game and missing the next game per FIFA laws of the game.
  15. Organizer’s decision will be FINAL in any unforeseen conflict.

Scoring

Scoring will be done on a 3 point system

  1. WIN = 3 points
  2. TIE = 1 point
  3. LOSS = 0 point
  4. FORFEIT = 0 point and 0-3 result for goal differential

Tiebreaker for seeding

  1. Goal differential = Goals for MINUS goals against
  2. Penalty Shootout
  3. League games can end in a tie.