Intramural Game Rules
Competition
Indoor Soccer is a Tier 2 event. Sign-up is required. Companies that miss the sign-up deadline will not be scheduled to play. Athletic skills and physical fitness may be required.
Roster
The desired roster size is ten players. The game is played 5-on-5, with one player designated as a goalkeeper. Four players are required to avoid a forfeit. Before the start of play, one player from each team is designated as the team captain.
Rules
Start time is forfeit time: there is no grace period for players to arrive late. One game forfeit disqualifies a team from further play.
It is strongly recommended that players wear a mouthpiece. No player may dive head or feet first (i.e., slide tackling). Doing so will result in immediate ejection. There are no warnings or exceptions.
Games are played in two 12-minute halves with a 3-minute break between halves. At officials’ discretion, games may be shortened; twenty minutes of play will constitute a complete game. The clock runs continuously except for officials’ time-outs. There are no team time-outs.
If there is a tie at the end of regulation play, teams will play one 3-minute Golden Goal period. The first team to score a goal wins the game.
If a female scores a goal, the point value is two.
All players but the goalkeeper enter and leave as they please (aka, flying substitution). Players may not switch positions with the goalie while the ball is in play. A substitute goalie must notify the official upon entering the game.
There is no offsides rule. All out balls are kicked-in, no throw-ins. Players may not score on a direct kick from out-of-bounds.
When the goalkeeper possesses the ball, they must release it within six seconds.
Although field players may move through the goal box with or without the ball, they may not shoot the ball while in the goal box. They and the ball must be outside the goal box before taking a shot. A goal may be scored with the head in the goal box, but only directly off of a corner kick.
A goal is scored when the whole of a legally propelled ball passes over the goal line. A goal may be scored only from the attacking half of the court.
Violation of any of the following rules results in a two-minute power play to the opposing team (i.e., the offending team plays man-down); the offending player is suspended from play for the remainder of the half, and the opposing team takes a direct free-kick from the *spot of penalty:
- intentionally handling the ball
- deliberately kicking an opponent
- tripping an opponent
- charging, rushing, or holding an opponent
- other dangerous play as judged by officials
- *Any penalty inside the goal box results in a direct free-kick from
- the top of the basketball key.
Any player charged with two (2) fouls is disqualified from the game.
The National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association governs all other rules.