Excerpts below. Complete rules here.

All players taking the field for a match must be listed on the official team roster authorized by the Regional Commissioner. Offending teams shall forfeit any match in which ineligible players participate. Line-up cards should be verified by the tournament staff at the beginning of the day's play. Verified cards should be marked so the referee knows the team has checked in and the line-up card has been verified as matching the roster.

Eligible players must play no less than half each match except for players arriving late or injured per National Rules and Regulations.

In first round play on Saturday, substitutions will be allowed at the midpoint of each half and at halftime, unless there is an injury at which point a substitution will be allowed at the discretion of the referee. For Saturday games, the time (25 minutes) for each half must be not be extended for non-injury substitutions: the clock must run during substitutions and substitutions should not take more than 1 to 2 minutes. The mid-half breaks are not intended to be a water break and players not leaving the field should remain in position during the substitution stoppage. In second round play on Sunday, substitutions will be allowed at the quarter breaks and at halftime.

A goalkeeper may remain in that position during the entire game.

Play on the first tournament date will consist of pool play. The winners of pool play with all advance to play on the second date. Whenever possible, the first date will be a Saturday and the second date will be the next day. All teams that advance to play on the second date should play the same number of games.

Each team in a pool plays every other team in a pool (round robin play). Points are awarded for each game result and the winner in points determines the winner of the pool. Ties are allowed in pool play games.

Pool play scoring is as follows:

• 6 points for a win
• 3 points for a tie
  
• 1 point for each goal up to a maximum of 3
  
• 1 point for a defensive shutout
  
• Minus 1 point for a red card or coach dismissal

Maximum point total for any game is 10 points. A 0-0 tie does not count as a defensive shutout for either team. A forfeit is scored as a 1-0 game. Pool play scoring is different from regular season scoring as we are trying to maximize point differences over fewer games.If two or more teams have a tie in points at the end of pool play, one team shall be eliminated using the criteria below in the following order

• Team record in head to head competition
• Least number of goals allowed
• Most goals scored
• Fewest red cards
• Coin flip by tournament director

The format for the second date with the pool play winners is a single elimination bracket. The winner of each pool will play a semifinal match against the winner of one of the other pools. The winner of each semi-final will play a final championship game. The losers of each semifinal will play a consolation game

Tie games are not allowed. We will follow FIFA rules for determining match winners, two equal halves of 5 minutes each. If still tied, then the teams will take kicks from the penalty mark.

No team should play more than three games in a day. Successive games for a team should have a break between them.

Duration of games may be shortened from regular season matches but should be no shorter than 25 minutes per half for U14 and above and 20 minutes per half for U12.

Disruptions in the schedule due to weather or other unavoidable influences are at the discretion of the tournament director to handle.

Host regions should be ready to provide game balls and team pinnies at every field in case they are needed.

Teams failing to show for a game to give their opponent an advantage in points will cause the region and coach to be sanctioned, possibly in the following season. Similarly, teams not playing to their full potential to bias the point score will be sanctioned by the tournament director for unsporting play.

The tournament director as the final authority to make any decision not covered by the rules. The tournament director may disqualify any team, at any point in the tournament, if that team refuses to abide by the rules and regulations of the tournament or their decision.

The area director has the authority to remove a tournament director or simply point out discrepancies with standard written policy and rules.