Men's Rules

• Time Factors: 25 minute running time periods. Exceptions are: the clock stops on all whistles during the last 2 minutes of the second half if within a 3 goal margin. Championship games will play 15 minute quarters.
• Penalty Time: Penalty time does not start until the whistle is blown to start play and the player is in the penalty area. Penalty time is stop start.
• Time-outs: One time out per half. Live ball time-outs can be called with the ball ANYWHERE on the field.
• Time outs in the last 2 minutes stop the clock.
• Substitution: No horn, done on the fly and through the scorer’s table area, except after a goal is scored.
• Restart: VERY QUICK restart, except goalie gets 5 seconds when he has legitimately chased a shot.
• When there is a time-served penalty, restart shall occur after foul is signaled to scorers table and the ball is set.
• Automatic stall warning at end of 4th period: a team does not have to “get it in” unless they are stalling as stated in Section 11 of Rule 6. If they are being played closely, they could conceivably keep it out of the “box” the entire 2 minutes. The NCAA “box” is used, not side line to side line.
• Dive Rule: the NCAA dive rule is NOT USED. A goal is disallowed only when an offensive player is in the crease BEFORE the ball crosses the goal line.
• Long sticks: The allowable number of long sticks on the field is six (6).
• Expulsion from game: officials must report to their assignor, the name and the number of any player expelled from a game for using racial epithets, receiving two maligning-of-officials fouls, or violating Section 13 of Rule 5 (fighting). Ejected players will be excluded from participating in the next game.
• Obscene language: Minimum of two minutes. The penalty time is non-releasable.

Alcohol is NOT allowed at any of our fields, including Northside Park. If a team has alcohol on the sidelines, they will be disqualified from the tournament.