Schedule & Rules
Participation Rules:
- Each Manhattan Beach elementary school can enter one or more teams
- MBMS and MCHS may combine to enter one or more teams (MCHS may include Hermosa Beach resident parents)
- Hermosa View/Valley schools may combine to enter one or more teams
- American Martyrs can enter one or more teams
- Additional South Bay schools may enter one or more teams with permission of the organizing committee
- Teams must be comprised of current faculty or a parent of a student attending the school
- A parent must play for the school of their youngest attendee an eligible school, exceptions:
- Residents of Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach with no children in an eligible school may play as a “free agent”
- Free Agents will be assigned to teams by the organizing committee to balance out participation
- Other exceptions by approval of majority of committee
Entrance Fees, Donations & Proceeds:
- Each player on the roster must submit a fee of $250 (before April 23rd) or $275 (after April 23rd)
- Entrance fees include lunch
- Entrance fees include Wednesday practice sessions
- Entrance fees do not count towards sponsorship
- Players guaranteed at least 3 games and receive free t-shirt
- Additional funds are raised from sponsors (see section on sponsorship options)
- Additional funds are raised on game day by raffle, silent auction, and sale of food/drinks
- All donations will receive appropriate receipts for tax purposes
- 2020 net proceeds will be distributed as follows:
- 10% to charity
- $1,000 to each MBUSD school fielding a team (excluding MCHS) – distributed via MBX
- Remainder split equally between MCHS boys/girls booster clubs
Tournament Format:
- 2 or 3 divisions: schedule to be drawn at random
- Each team in each division plays each other team in division once in pool play
- Top two teams from each division advance to the playoffs with the top 2 first place finishers awarded a first round playoff bye
- Winners of first round of playoffs play the two teams with first round byes and those winners play in the final
- An awards ceremony will be held the evening of the event from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Grunions at which raffles will be drawn; 20% of food/beverages will be donated to MBX
Tournament Rules
- All games are 7 v 7 with 3 games played simultaneously
- The field is 35 yards wide x 60 yards long.
- All games use 7 foot AYSO goals.
- Teams are coed; There is no required number or time for male or female to play
- All players must be properly equipped with appropriate footwear (no toe cleats), shin guards, and matching colored uniforms. Pinnies will be provided in the event of conflicting uniforms.
- All Games will be at least two 15 - 18 min halves with 5 minute halftime
- All Players must be on roster (see participation rules) and must sign & submit waiver prior to play
- Tournament play scoring will be 6 points for a win, 3 for a tie, 0 for a loss, one additional point for each goal up to 3 and one point for a shutout (10 points maximum per game)
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Teams will advance to the playoffs based on the following criteria:
- Team with most points
- Team that won head to head
- Adjusted Goal Differential (AGD = goals scored minus goals allowed to a maximum of three (3) goal differential per game)
- Team with the lowest goals against
- Coin flip
- Semi/Finals which end regulation time in a tie will be extended by two 5-minute periods (1 minute rest between periods); In the event neither team is ahead at the end of both periods, the winner will be decided by penalty kicks (five kicks)
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Games are officiated by 1 center ref; Referees on-field decisions are final; All normal Laws relating to fouls and misconduct are in effect (Law 12) including the following modifications:
- No slide tackles; Sliding in which there is no tackle or attempt to make a tackle with another player such as to save a ball from going out of bounds is permitted.
- All fouls will be re-started with an Indirect Free Kick.
- Goalie boxes and penalty area will be marked by field lines and will be smaller than regulation.
- Players will be ejected without a refund if they receive a red card
- Players will be ejected without a refund if they receive a total of 3 cautions
- Goal Kicks and Corner Kicks apply
- No offside rules apply. Offside calls will not be made.
- Open substitution through gates. Player must leave the field before the substitute may enter.
- Absolutely NO dangerous play will be permitted
