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Indoor Soccer Rules

Roster

  1. The number of names on a roster is unlimited.
  2. No one may play unless listed on the roster with ID number and signature.
  3. A team forfeits any game(s) in which an unlisted player participates.
  4. Additional names may be added until the end of the first game.
  5. Any team that forfeits two games will be dropped from competition.

Playing Rules:

Standard high school soccer rules will apply with the following exceptions:

  1. Five players per team are allowed on the court.  No player is allowed to use his hands. (i.e.  There is no goal keeper)
  2. Ten minute halves.  The clock only stops for injuries and free kicks.
  3. No slide tackles; No off sides.
  4. All penalty kicks are indirect except for those committed inside the 3 point line.
  5. Direct free kicks will be made from the opposite free throw line at an open goal.
  6. Players may substitute at any time.  Subs must enter only after the player they are replacing has left the floor.
  7. A team not having at least four players present at game time forfeits.
  8. In the event of a tie, each team will take three free kicks.  If still tied, each team will kick one free kick apiece in a sudden death manner until a winner is named.  No player may kick twice in the tiebreaker, unless 4 other kicks have been attempted. 

Equipment

  1. Players on the same team must wear similar colored shirts. No Caps.
  2. One game ball will be furnished.  Balls to warm-up with are the teams’ responsibility.

Injuries

  1. All injuries must be reported to an Intramural worker immediately.
  2. Each participant is financially responsible for care of personal injury.
  3. The Intramural Sports Department urges all participants to either purchase student insurance offered by ACU or have coverage by a private policy.
  4. The Intramural Sports Department and Abilene Christian University will not be held responsible for accidents.  YOU PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Eligibility

  1. Competing with an ineligible player will result in a forfeit and/or disqualification.
  2. No team may have more than two members of the ACU Soccer Club on the floor at any time.
  3. Consult the Intramural Sports Handbook for more detailed information concerning player eligibility.