Open League Format (no gender requirement for teams)

Free Agents can sign up independently of any team, and will be placed on teams prior to the start of the league. Please contact James Veccie(he/him), the League Organizer at james@soccerstreets.org with any questions or team placement requests.

Team payments can be made in full or split between all players. Both options are available once you select the team sign up option.

🚗Location, Directions & Parking Information The league will be played entirely at the MARTA Lindbergh Center Station Soccer Location. Parking is available in the Sidney Marcus Parking Deck, accessed via the Lindbergh Lane entrance here: 740 Sidney Marcus Blvd NE, Atlanta, GA 30324

• 🧾All attendees must agree to follow Soccer in the Streets' Code of Conduct. Failure to do so could result in yellow or red cards, up to a permanent ban of the player from all our facilities and events.

Details:

• 8 games per season, with 7 regular season games + playoffs/consolation games.
• 🎽 Roster of 8-10 players per team recommended, though only 5 are required
• Entrance fees are listed per team or player (any early bird discounts will be automatically applied)
• 🕙 Match times generally begin at 8:00 PM and onwards, and consist of two 20 minute halves.
• ⛈️ Matches will be played in rainy conditions if it is safe to do so, as long as the turf is not waterlogged. However, we follow the US Soccer Guidelines for match cancellations regarding lightning. League organizers will communicate match cancellations to all players and matches will be rescheduled.
• Field Managers and Referees will be present at each location

Full League Rules
Rule Summary:

• Teams playing in our Co-ed leagues must maintain a minimum of 1 woman on
  the field at all times. If they cannot meet this requirement on the day, they can play with 1 less player on the field temporarily.
• 5 players (4 field players + 1 goalkeeper)
• No slide-tackling is allowed, but goalkeepers may go to ground to make saves. The re-start for a slide-tackle that is NOT a foul is an indirect free kick.
• All out-of-bounds restarts are indirect (sideline kick-ins, net-balls, goal kicks, corner
  kicks, kick-offs, etc.) and all other restarts are direct (except a non-foul slide as noted above).
• Kick-ins (not throw-ins) are taken to restart play from sideline out-of-bounds; these
  kick-ins are indirect
• No punting or dropkicks by the keeper
• Goal kicks and kick-ins must be taken from a dead ball
• Balls touching the roof of the net are considered out-of-bounds; an indirect free kick will
  be awarded at the spot of contact
• Substitutions are made “on-the-fly,” as long as the player subbing in is not close enough to impact the play on the ball, they may sub as soon as another player leaves the field during play
• Goalkeeper throws are considered indirect. If a ball enters the goal directly from a goalkeeper’s throw, it is a goal kick for the opposing team.
• 🟨 If a player is issued a yellow card, they must sit out for 2 minutes with no substitution allowed
• 🟥 If a player is issued a red card, they are ejected from the game (no substitution allowed). If the site manager or referee determines the foul warrants an ejection, the game will not resume until the player has left the facility.
• Players must respect the appropriate distance for all restarts:
  • 3 yards distance for all free kicks and
  • 1 yard for all kick-ins
  • Outside the goal line for a goal kick
  • Behind the goal line on a corner kick

League Format

• Teams are awarded 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss
• Tiebreakers, when teams have the same amount of points from their fixtures, will be determined by the highest Goal Differential first, highest number of Goals For second, and lowest number of Goals Against third.
• Forfeiture is determined at game time and will result in a 3-0 win for the present team. A team that cannot field at least 3 players or no-shows will automatically forfeit the game.

Playoff Format:

• Each division will play its regular, round-robin season
• At the end of each division’s season, there will be a division playoff
• Division Playoffs - Seeded single elimination bracket
• Promotion and Relegation - In leagues with more than one division, the winner of the Championship Final will be promoted the following season. The last place team in the division will be relegated. This may need to be adjusted depending on the amount of teams each season, and the league organizer will reach out to your captain if there is an exception.