9th-12th GRADE

KIDSPORTS offers competitive spring soccer leagues for high school boys and girls. Eighth graders are eligible to participate. Teams register with KIDSPORTS by submitting a team roster and paying team fees. KIDSPORTS requires that all local teams be formed by high school area unless a team cannot be formed without a two school combination. Out-of-district teams may be formed from more than one high school area. KIDSPORTS will recognize and register any eligible team from a high school area.

All rostered players and at least one head coach must be registered with the United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA) through the Oregon Youth Soccer Association (OYSA). KIDSPORTS will act as the registering club for any teams not affiliated with a soccer club recognized by OYSA.

FIFA Laws of the Game apply to all KIDSPORTS high school soccer games except for rules modifications specified by KIDSPORTS.

1. League Organization

1. KIDSPORTS High School Spring Soccer Leagues will be offered for boys and girls 9th-12th grades. All players must be OYSA registered before playing. Boys leagues will be offered in U16 and U18 age groups.
2. Girls leagues will be U18 "A" and "B" leagues.

2. Team Registration

1. Each Team entering KIDSPORTS HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SOCCER League must be registered with KIDSPORTS by their Coach or Team Manager by the registration deadline. Registered teams and their representatives can form and operate under their own established guidelines. However, all teams registered in a KIDSPORTS Soccer League agree to follow and respect all KIDSPORTS rules, regulations, and policies.
2. Completed registration will include:

Roster of all players with addresses, phone numbers, and birthdates. Name, address and phone number for a Head Coach (assistant coach and team manager may also be included). Individual KIDSPORTS registration forms signed by a parent for every rostered player. Team Fee paid. Individual OYSA registration for each player and at least one head coach paid to KIDSPORTS or documented as paid directly to OYSA by eligible Soccer Club. Verification by KIDSPORTS of age and boundary eligibility for all rostered players.

• Teams are responsible for their own team uniforms. Designated home teams should be prepared to change jerseys in case of color conflicts.
• Only rostered players are eligible to play in league games. Any team using an ineligible player will forfeit any games such player participated in.

4. League Rules

A. FIFA Laws of the Game will apply unless otherwise noted.

B. Substitution - Unlimited substitution may be made, with the consent of the referee, on any dead ball.

C. Length of Games:

• U16/18 Boys -- Two 40 minute halves
• U18 Girls -- Two 35 minute halves

D. Start Time - The game must start no later than 15 minutes past the scheduled start time. If 15 minutes has passed and a team is not on the field ready to play, they will forfeit the game.

E. Field Preparation - Each team is required to have one net in place prior to start of the game. Teams should also work cooperatively to see that corner flags or cones are in place. All other field preparation is the responsibility of KIDSPORTS and should be done in advance of any scheduled game.

F. Ball Size - #5 size ball

G. Game Ball - The Home team shall supply the game ball.

H. Minimum Number of Players - A team must have seven (7) players to start a game.

I. Team Sidelines - If space permits; spectators, coaches, and players not on the field of play must remain at least six (6) feet behind the touch line and at least eighteen (18) yards from the end lines. If teams are on the same side of the field, each team will occupy a half sideline from the center line to no more than eighteen (18) yards from the end line.

J. Cautioned or Sent Off Players/Coaches:

1. Referees will make a report of a cautioned player/coach. There will be immediate substitution of a player receiving a yellow card. Yellow cards will accumulate during a season, and a player/coach receiving a total of three yellow cards will serve a one game suspension. Red cards will result in an automatic one game suspension. Accumulation of red and yellow cards will result in further suspensions. A minimum four game suspension will result for a player red carded for fighting. There may be a four game suspension for the coach of a player red carded for fighting.
2. Referees my choose to not show a card to a coach, but rather inform him/her clearly verbally what action is being taken.

K. Equipment

1. All players on the field must be attired in matching uniforms (except the goalkeeper) to the satisfaction of the referee. The goalkeeper will be attired in an outfit that is different from all other players on the field and the referee. In case of color similarity, the designated home team will change jerseys. Shin guards, covered by socks, are mandatory in all games. Players not wearing shin guards will not be allowed to play. No equipment shall be worn that is dangerous to another player as determined by the game referee. Medical casts may be worn if properly covered with soft material, and the referee decides the cast does not pose a risk to other players.
2. No jewelry is permitted. Taping of jewelry is not permitted.

L. Responsibilities of Coaches

1. Each coach is responsible for their conduct and the conduct of their players, assistants, and fans/parents. Coaching is permitted from the touch line by ONE person who is identified as the head coach to the referee prior to the start of the game. Coaching is understood as giving directions to one's own team on points of strategy and position. No mechanical or electronic devices are to be used. The tones of voice must be informative. No coach is to make derogatory remarks or gestures to the referee, his players, or the opposing team.
2. The referee may suspend a coach from coaching a game if he/she is in violation of any of the above or any of the rules of competition. An assistant coach or other adult my then be permitted to coach the team for the remainder of the game.

M. Officials - Qualified referees will be provided for all scheduled games. Referees will be scheduled by the Commissioner of the Lane County Referees Association. The referee will make a game report summarizing the scores, discipline matters, and other pertinent information.
If the official referee does not show for a game, the two opposing coaches may agree to play the game with a mutually approved alternate referee. The teams should immediately call KIDSPORTS and we will likely be able to get a referee out to the game to take over for the volunteer referee who started the game. If the game is played with an agreed upon alternative referee, the game result will count as official. If the two coaches cannot agree on an alternative referee, the game will be rescheduled by KIDSPORTS.

N. Protests - Referees judgement decisions during a game are final (not appealable). KIDSPORTS will hear and act on protests/appeals, but no game result will ever be overturned unless an ineligible player was used.