Eagle Cup Rules

  • Field size around 65 yards by 45 yards

  • Goals are 18’ x 6’

  • No sliding tackles: Sliding tackles are not allowed and will immediately be rewarded with a free kick for the other team

  • Indirect free kicks: Throw-ins are replaced by indirect free kicks.

    • Player must bring ball to complete stop. Place hand on it and then can play ball to a teammate. Cannot shoot on goal as is indirect.

  • Corners are normal

  • There are penalty kicks for fouls or handballs inside the box

  • No punting or drop-kicks: Goalkeepers are not allowed to punt or drop-kick

  • No offside: Offside is not a rule

  • Substitutions: Unlimited substitutions can be made at any point during the game. Substitutions are ‘hockey style.’ Substitutions can be made during run of play but player must come off pitch before new player can go on.

  • 20-minute running halves. No stoppage time. 

  • Yellow/Red card structure is normal

Top Two Teams Make Championship Match: 4 p.m. (if two teams don’t mind waiting a bit would be fun to play under the lights and starting closer to 5)

  • Win 3 points

  • Tie 1 point

  • Tie breakers

    • 1. Head to head result

    • 2. Goal differential

    • 3. Goals for

    • 4. Coin toss

Golden Goal in Final Match (if I can get official on board with this would like to end the championship match with a goal)

  • After two 20 minute halves teams enter an untimed extra period

  • Target score is established by adding one goal to the tally of the leading team. If teams are tied than one goal is added to tied score

    • Example: If after 40 minutes Team A leads 3-1 than target score is 4. If teams are tied 1-1 target score is 2.

  • The first team to hit the target score wins

    • Based on example above if scenario 1 and Team A leads 3-1 when they score fourth goal they win. If Team B is able to score three goals before Team A scores 1 they win. 

    • If teams are tied 1-1 then first team to score wins

  • After every 5 minutes of play during extra period (when play comes to a natural stop: out of bounds, foul, etc) the official will remove a player from the field. 

    • So after 5 min it becomes 5v5, 10 min becomes 4v4, stops at 3v3

    • Players removed can come back on. It’s just you have lesser players on field.