2002 Coast Soccer League Cup GU11
2002 Brackets Scores! - Round of 60 minus the Golds + Slammers
Directions to the San Bernardino Soccer Complex
Rules
2.
LEAGUE CUP
COMPETITION
a. CSL League Cup
competition format is to be determined by the Competitions Committees and approved by the
BOD. Rosters are frozen five (5) days prior to the first scheduled League Cup game for the
appropriate age group.
b. Field loading will
be utilized for the entire competition.
c. All players in
good standing are permitted to participate in CSL League Cup. All “caution” and
“send-off” (yellow and red card) infractions during the regular League Season will not
carry over to League Cup competition. A SEND-OFF
(red card or double yellow)
will result in a one game suspension in League Cup competition for that year, and that
player or coach may be brought before the Competitions Committee and/or Trial Board for
disciplinary action.
d. League Cup
Competition will be seeded as follows:
1.
Seeding will be
based on standings as close to the halfway point of the season as possible.
2.
The draw will be
done at the Coaches’ Meeting.
3.
Silver and Bronze
brackets will draw, for example; Silver South, Silver Central, Silver North etc. The draw will determine the order and it will
remain in that order for all age divisions.
4.
Seeding will be
done in the standard "snake" fashion with the order Premier-Gold-Silver-Bronze.
(Each bracket will start with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.).
5.
In the event of a
tie in points, at the predetermined halfway point, the head to head match will be used to
determine who is seeded first. If the head to head is a tie then the
lowest CSL 4-digit
Team number in even years, and highest CSL 4-digit Team number in
odd years will be awarded the tie break.
6.
During
League Cup competition, if the winning team is found in violation of the League Rules and
Regulations that require forfeiture, the Competition Committee shall continue with the
last opponent of that team declared the winner of the game in question. Under no
circumstances shall the competition be replayed from the entry of the offending team into
the competition.
e. Scoring will be as
follows: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss. A forfeit will be
recorded as a 0-1 loss. A forfeited game in a pool round will result in a forfeited score
in all other pool games, regardless of the previous scores.
f. Game formats and
times:
1.
Pools will be
three teams and play each other on one day. Pool games may end in ties.
2.
Round of 32, Sweet
16, and quarterfinals will go directly to FIFA kicks from the penalty mark.
3.
Semi-finals played
on a separate day will be regulation time, go to overtime and FIFA kicks from the penalty
mark as necessary. Semi-finals played as a "two-game" day will be shortened like
a quarterfinal match and if tied will go directly to FIFA kicks from the penalty mark.
4.
Finals will be
regulation time and go to overtime and FIFA kicks from the penalty mark as necessary.
5.
Game Times:
U9 through U12
50 minutes
U13/14
60 minutes
U15 through U19 70
minutes
6. Overtime Periods:
U9 through U12
two 7-minute
halves
U13/14
two 8-minute halves
U15 through U19 two
10-minute halves
g. Pool winners will
advance to a round of 32, sweet sixteen or quarterfinals based on the number of brackets.
There will be enough wild cards to balance the round. The last Wild Card Winner will play
the first seeded team.
h. The top teams in a
given age division may receive a bye through the pool round depending on the number of
teams playing.
i. As determined by
the appropriate Competitions Committee each year, the bronze bracket alone may compete in
a pool play to advance to the next round of pool play.
k. Tiebreakers will be determined as
follows and in the order specified.
a.
Head to Head
b.
Least amount of
goals allowed.
c.
Goal differential.
d.
Most shut out wins
e.
Least amount of
penal points. Send-off = 2 points / Caution = 1 point
f. The team
with the lowest CSL 4-digit
Team number in even years, and highest CSL 4-digit Team number in
odd years will be awarded the tie break.
B. CSL may make
the following awards:
1.
An award to each
player on bracket championship teams.
2.
An award to each
player on bracket runner-up teams.
3.
An award to each
player and team representative of each age bracket League Cup championship team.
4.
An award to each
player and team representative of each age bracket League Cup finalist team.
C. State and National Cup competitions shall be
encouraged by CSL on a voluntary basis by affiliated teams. Information regarding these
competitions shall be obtained from CYSA-S. It is the responsibility of the participating
clubs/teams to obtain the rules and regulations regarding these competitions.