League Rules

General Rules

25-min halves
Subs on the fly
No slide tackles
No offsides
No watches
Shinguards are required
Yellow card = sit out for 5 minutes
Red card = done for the game + potentially additional suspensions
Please be sober. If you come to the game drunk or under the influence of any substances, you will not be allowed to play.
If a GK is not present for your team, please rotate GK responsibilities.
Fighting and/or pursuing/addressing another player/attendee/referee in a hostile manner is strictly prohibited. GoSoccer can remove your playing privilege without refunds when deemed necessary.

Playing Time

Please be mindful of your playing time. Each player has paid an equal amount to play in the league. No player wants to sit on the sidelines the entire time. Every player should sub at least once per half. Team captains may pull you from the game to ensure all players get equal playing time.

Jersey Requirement

The home team shall be Blue. The away team shall be White.

If you are new to the league, game #2 will distribute a set of welcome league T-shirts as a welcome gift.

Referees

Please respect the referee's decisions. This is a reminder that GoSoccer is a rec league, not the World Cup. If you have questions during the game, please get in touch with your captain so they may ask the game officials.

There has been a severe shortage of referees in the last several years, and many high school and youth games have been canceled. Our officials are grassroots community referees. Please show respect and appreciation even if they make mistakes.

Crossbar App

To get game notifications, team attendance, and latest updates about your games, be sure to download the Crossbar App, available in the Apple and Google Play Store.

Game Parity

GoSoccer captains create the teams 3-4 days before the first game. When completing team assignments, the captains consider each player's ratings, requested groupings, and preferred positions. Player ratings are updated at the end of each season. Team assignments may change after the 1st game for game parity purposes.

Disciplinary Action

The referees give players yellow and red cards at their discretion. A player who receives a yellow card must be subbed and benched for five minutes. If the yellow-carded player's team does not have another sub, then the team must play short for five minutes. A player who receives a red card must not return to the bench and must leave the facility. Referees shall report all disciplinary actions to the GoSoccer admin. A player who receives two red cards in the same season will be suspended for the remainder of the season. The GoSoccer admin may assess further disciplinary action depending on the severity of the situation, up to the termination of the player's account and his/her future eligibility to participate in the GoSoccer program.

Waiver

By participating, you acknowledge that soccer is a physical sport and that injuries may occur. You agree not to hold Go Soccer representatives (captains, referees, or administrators) or Go Soccer LLC responsible for injuries you sustain on the field.

Ambulance Policy

If you are injured, you may decide to return to the game or leave the game. Unfortunately, GoSoccer cannot guarantee refunds due to player injury. If a captain feels you are too injured to keep playing, your captain may remove you from the game and may, if the captain deems it appropriate, call 911. If trained EMTs are involved in responding to your injury, they will determine your medical condition. If their evaluation recommends that you go to the hospital or seek immediate medical attention, you cannot rejoin the game. You acknowledge that neither GoSoccer nor any GoSoccer participants or representatives of GoSoccer are responsible for taking you to a hospital. If someone volunteers to take you, or if you, as a healthy GoSoccer game participant, volunteer to take an injured player, that is solely the driver's decision. GoSoccer assumes no responsibility for the trip or actions/events related to it.

Registration & Cancellation

To participate, all players must agree to these GoSoccer game rules. Players will not be counted as registered until they have paid the full participation fee. There will be no refund if cancellation is requested within two weeks of the first game's kickoff.

A refund is only processed for team registrations if the team slot is filled by another team on the waitlist.

Game Forfeit

The captain shall facilitate the teams' well-being and attendance. The captain may use non-rostered substitute field players to attend a league game. However, suppose the captain decides to field a non-rostered substitute field player. In that case, the match score shall default to 0-3 for the opponent team. In cases where both teams do not have enough rostered field players for the game and have used non-rostered substitute field players, the match score shall default to 3-3. If the match is a playoff game, a penalty shootout shall decide the match's outcome. If the captain or the team's GK misses a game, they may elect a different captain or non-rostered GK to cover the captaincy duty for their team.

In cases where there is a severe imbalance in the number of rostered players in attendance between two teams, the captains of these two teams may give rostered players to one another so that the paid league players may enjoy more playing time for the spirit of the league.