DISTRICT 9-AAAA

RULES AND REGULATIONS

SOCCER

Article I – Admission Prices

A.  Admission for District 9-AAAA soccer games will be $2.00 for students and $3.00 for adults. Home teams have the options of selling reduces prices season ticket packages (good for home teams only.)

B.  District passes for visiting coaches and administrators will be honored.

Article II –Financial Settlement

A.  The home team will pay all expenses related to soccer games and retain all gate receipts.

Article III – Designated School Administrator

A.  The home team shall have a designate administrator in attendance according to the UIL rules.

Article IV – Tie Games

A.  If a game is tied at the end of regulation, penalty kicks will commence. Best of five, then sudden death.

Article V – Officials

A.  All varsity games will have (3) SSOA officials. A fourth official is optional. All officials do not have to be from the same chapter. Officials will be secured by the home team.

B.  The home team will select and pay for officials.

C.  Varsity games may be played with less than three (3) officials, if mutually agreed upon by the two coaches.

Article VI – Determination of District Representatives

A.)  Playoff seating will be determined by win loss record.

B.)  If at the end of the season two teams are tied, the determining factor will be point differential

C.)  If at the end of the season three teams are tied, a coin flip will determine seating for the playoffs.

Article VI-Game Reports

A. Game reports will be kept by each team. They should be available to the district chair upon request.

Article VIII-Junior Varsity Games

A.  Junior varsity games will be played with 40-minute halves. JV games will start at 5:00 PM and varsity games will start 20 minutes after the conclusion of the JV games, but no earlier than 7:00 PM unless agreed to by both coaches. If both coaches agree, JV games may be shortened, and or played with two (2) officials. If there is to be no JV game the varsity may be played early, although the District Chairman must be notified.

Article VIX-Game Changes

A. The District Chairperson should be notified of any change.