Two important league rules.

First, game time is when your game is supposed to start.  Both teams are supposed to be dressed and checked in with the referee.  When each team has seven players, the game will start.  The referee will not wait for the rest of your team to finish up at Starbucks or Dutch Bros.  If one team is ready to play and the other is not, the team that is ready to play has the option of accepting a forfeit or waiting for other team to get up to 7 players.  It is the team’s option, not the referee’s. Whatever amount of time that takes is taken off the game time in equal parts from each half.  If neither team is ready, and both teams want to play, then the game starts when both teams get to 7 and the time is taken off the game.  If you agreed to wait and you lose the game, you don’t get to change your mind and take the forfeit.

Second, you are required to wear numbered uniform shirts.  Numbers must be a minimum of six (6) inches high, and sewn, stenciled, heat transferred or in some way permanently affixed to the back of the shirt. Taped or non-stenciled handwritten numbers are not permitted.  If a player’s shirt does not comply with the above standard, particularly concerning jersey number(s), the player is ineligible to play. Should player(s) be found participating in a game where the number rules are violated; they shall be removed and may return only after changing to a conforming uniform shirt. If a uniform shirt becomes unusable during the course of play, the player will be allowed to change shirts at the discretion of the referee. Player’s may not exchange shirts with another player, except for the goalkeeper shirt. In the event a team fails to provide alternate shirts/pennys in the case of color conflict as described above, the team will receive an automatic forfeit loss.