60 minutes before match: Rosters due (3 copies from each club - referee, opposing team, public address)
Kit inspection
Any special instructions to clubs
45 minutes before match: Warm up session begins
15 minutes before match: Rosters are locked in
Clubs can make changes due to injury/sickness prior to this deadline
Roster/Substitution rules
Each club is allowed to dress 20 players. Only 18 active players can be declared on the roster that is locked in 15 minutes before kickoff.
Two players on the bench must be scratched before the match starts.
Each club is allowed seven substitutes during a match.
Players that are subbed off are not allowed to re-enter the match.
Match timing
Each match will contain two -45minute halves with stoppage time added at the end of each half at the referee’s discretion.
Halftime is to last exactly 15 minutes from whistle to whistle.
Safety protocol
Bleeding player: Any player that is bleeding must leave the pitch immediately until the bleeding is dealt with and any blood on the kit has been cleaned. Once inspected and cleared by the fourth official, the player may enter the match at the referee›s discretion.
Head injuries: Any player that suffers a possible head injury must leave the field of play and be inspected for a concussion. Whether a player must leave play or when a player is able to return to play is at the referee’s discretion.
Hydration breaks: In accordance with NCAA protocols, if the wet bulb temperature reads 86 degrees or higher, hydration breaks will become mandatory. These breaks will take place at or around the 25th and 70th minutes when the ball is out of play. The breaks are to last three minutes. Players remain on the field and the time will be added to stoppage time at the end of the half.
Fasting breaks: If a player on the pitch is fasting due to religious reasons (i.e. Ramadan), a fasting break will be honored to allow the player(s) to receive nutrition. This must be communicated pre-match by clubs to the referees. Like the hydration break, the break will last three minutes and will be added to stoppage time at the end of the half it is observed.
Discipline
The responsibility for managing match misconduct lies with the Match Referee, pursuant to FIFA’s
Sending off offenses (7)
1 Serious foul play
2 Violent misconduct
3 Spitting at or on another person
4 Denying an opposing team a goal or obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (does not apply to goalkeeper in the penalty area)
5 Denying an opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by committing an offense punishable by a free kick or penalty kick
6 Using insulting, offensive, racial or abusive language and/or hand gestures
7 Receiving a second yellow card caution within the same match
Players that are sent off must leave the bench/technical area and remain in the dressing room for the remainder of the match and during post-match handshake.
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