TOURNAMENT RULES & REGULATIONS

SUBSTITUTIONS

1. Unlimited substitutions may be made with the referee's permission:
1. After a goal has been scored;
2. At the beginning of the second half of play or prior to the beginning of an overtime period;
3. At a goal kick by either team; or
4. At a throw in by the team in possession. (teams may “piggy back”)
5. In case of stoppage of play for an injury
2. Under no circumstances may substitutions be made (1) on corner kicks or (2) after the game has ended in a tie and FIFA penalty kicks will be required to determine a winner.

GAME AND SCORE REPORTING
It is the responsibility of the Referee to deliver the completed and signed game sheet to the appropriate Site Official (Division Coordinator/Site Coordinator) promptly at the conclusion of each game. In case of a discrepancy, the Official Game Report Form, signed by the referee, prevails.

CONDUCT

1. Players, coaches, and spectators are expected to conduct themselves within the Laws of the game. Displays of temper or dissent are cause for ejection from the game and the surrounding field area. Repeated violations may result in the suspension of the team from the tournament as decided by the Tournament Directors.
2. Players, coaches and team officials ejected from a game by the referee shall be ineligible for the next scheduled game.
3. It is the responsibility of the team's coach or the person acting in the coach's behalf to control the conduct of its parents and other spectators. Failure to do so may result in a warning to the coach or the person acting in the coach's behalf by the referee. If unacceptable conduct continues, the referee may eject the team's coach, or the person acting in the coach's behalf, from the game.
4. Alcoholic beverages are not permitted at any of the field sites.  

TOURNAMENT BRACKET CHAMPIONS:
Teams have been assigned to bracket, and there will be a champion in each; however, no awards given. At the conclusion of matches, the team in each division with most points, determined upon the point system below, will be the champion.

For each match, a team will be awarded points, as follows:

1. Three points for a win;
2. One point for a tie;
3. Zero points for a loss;
4. One point, to a maximum of three per match, for each goal scored, regardless of whether the team wins or loses;
5. One point per shutout.

In any division where there is a tie, the following tie-breaker will be used to determine the champion:

1. Winner of head-to-head competition;
2. Team with most wins;
3. Team with greatest aggregate goal differential determined by adding from each match the net difference of goals scored and goals given. The maximum goal differential per match is three;
4. Team that a given the least total actual goals in its matches;
5. If teams remain tied, they will be declared co-champions.
   If three or more teams tie, the preceding tie-breaker will be used to eliminate one team, after which the remaining teams begin the tie breaker process again. As long as more than two teams remain tied, the head-to head tie breaker is not used.
   

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