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Thanks for a great fall season! First spring game is April 18, 2009
Please help keep the fields clean so we do not lose field privledges. Dogs are not permitted at any field. Last game at Butler move goals off the fields to school.

LOCAL RULES FOR COACHES AND REFEREES

Div	Team Divisions	Ball	Players On Field	Max Players On Team	Length Of halves	Throw-In	Penalties
U18	9th through 12th grade coed	#5	11	22	35 min.	1 try	Standard (penalty kick allowed)
U14	7th and 8th grade coed	#5	11	22	35 min.	1 try	Standard (penalty kick allowed)
U12	6th grade coed	#4	11	22	30 min.	1 try	Standard (penalty kick allowed)
U12	4th and 5th grade	#4	8	16	25 min.	1 try	Standard (penalty kick allowed)
U10	3rd grade	#4	8	16	25 min.	1 try	Standard (penalty kick allowed)
U8	2nd Grade	#4	8	16	20 min.	2 tries, lose ball after 2nd bad try	All penalties: direct free kick
U8	1st Grade	#3	6	12	20 min.	2 tries, lose ball after 2nd bad try	All penalties: direct free kick
U6	Kindergarten	#3	4	8	16 min.	2 tries, 2nd is always good	All penalties: direct free kick

Div	Player Limit (if team is winning) Additional goals by player will not be counted by referee and will be put into play as a goal kick.	Team Limit (extra players removed if margin reduced)
9th through 12th grades	2 goals	No team limit, but it is up to the coaches to control lopsided scores.
4th through 8th grades	2 goals	No team limit, but it is up to the coaches to control lopsided scores.
2nd and 3rd grades	2 goals	Losing team adds player if losing by 3 goals; add 2nd player if losing by 4 goals. There is a maximum of 11 players allowed on field per team.
1st grade	2 goals	Losing team adds player if losing by 3 goals; add 2nd player if losing by 4 goals; etc.
Kindergarten	None, but coaches should encourage players to play defense afetr scoring 2 goals	Losing team adds player if losing by 3 goals; add 2nd player if losing by 4 goals; etc.

OFFSIDE: offside rules apply except in kindergarten and 1st grades.

SLIDE TACKLING: AYSO strongly discourages, but performed properly, it is not a foul

KINDERGARTEN: NO GOALKEEPERS: Kindergarten plays without goalkeepers. Defensive players must stay outside a 10-foot arc in front of the goal unless the ball is pursued inside the arc. Penalties should not be called if a player is inside the arc at inappropriate times. Rather the player's coach and the game referee are responsible for moving the player out of the arc. Coaches are not allowed on the field to coach the players. Goal kicks and corner kicks should be taken on the goal line where the ball left the field. Goal scoring limits are not in effect in Kindergarten. However, coaches should encourage players whose team in winning and have scored 2 goals to play defense or pass to teammate instead of creating lopsided scores.

RESTARTS (out-of -bound return to play): All age groups should restart the ball by the standard restarts: goal kick, corner kick, throw-ins, drop ball.

GAME TIMES: Games must start and stop at designated game times.

FIELD BAGS and CORNER FLAGS:
Red field bags and corner flags are delivered to and picked up from fields by the Field Equipment volunteer. The first coach to play games should install the corner flags and the last coach to play games should retrieve the flags and place them together at one corner of the field. Leaving the flags at the field corners creates a very long afternoon for the volunteer who has to collect the flags from all 32 fields. Kindergarten fields do not have corner flags on their fields. Field bags contain:
Game cards First aid kit
Ball pump Return to…card Linesmen flags Ice Packs
Copy of local rules Soccer Rule book

PLAYING TIME: All players must play at least one-half of every game and no player shall play all four "quarters" until all players have played 3 "quarters". Approximately mid-way through the first half and mid-way through the second half at a normal stoppage in play, the referee halts the game, stops his/her watch, and notes on the line-up cards those players substituting. Stoppage is made when the ball is out of play and prior to the appropriate restart. Additionally, substitutions may be made at half-time. Players substituting must report to the referee.

GAME CARDS: Coaches must prepare their line-ups on the game cards and submit to the game referee before the game. The coach should prepare a line-up for each quarter of the game. The referee will ensure that the players are rotated per the game cards at the mid-half stoppages in play and at the halftime period. Referees should place game cards in the field bags after the games. These cards are reviewed by the Regional Commissioner to monitor lopsided games and referee comments.

SUBSTITUTIONS: Player substitutions are not allowed in AYSO except at the three designated stoppages in play as indicated above or in the case of injury. If a player is injured the coach may substitute for the player, in which case the injured player may not return until the beginning of the next "quarter" of play. Only the injured player is credited with a "quarter" of play, regardless of the actual time played. The coach may elect to play short allowing the injured player to return in the "quarter" in which he was injured.

Please contact Tom Downey , AYSO Head Referee at 630-991-7801, for questions or clarifications on these rules.

WEATHER:

Game Status
Go to our website: www.aysohinsdale.org if weather conditions are questionable for games. A game status message will be posted on the homepage. If you can not access our website, call 654-AYSO for an update. Both of these messages will announce game day status beginning at 7:00am Saturday mornings, rain or shine. If the fields are too wet for play on Saturday mornings, even though the sun may be out, the games can be cancelled. We do not want to destroy the playability of our fields for the rest of the season by playing games on fields that are too wet. If field or weather conditions are unsafe (unsafe equipment, standing water on field, bad traction, thunder or lightning, etc.) the referee should determine that the game will not be played. Do not wait to see if a thunderstorm will just pass over before stopping the game.

Practice Status
Announcements will not be made for practice status. Practices are to be determined by the discretion of the coaches. Coaches are urged to cancel practices if the fields are so wet that playing on them will damage the grass.