2018-19 WINTER LEAGUE SUMMARY
Dates	January 6, 2019 - March 3, 2019 (Sunday's) Bye Weeks: 1/21
Facilities	Boys & Girls Club in Meriden, Connecticut Sports Arena in New Milford and Insports Centers in Trumbull
Divisions	U8 - U16 (Boys and Girls) *Accepting travel & premier teams!*
Fees	$795 Per Team
# of Games	8
Player Fee	$13.50 USYF PLAYER PASS FEE

Venues

Insports Centers - 29 Trefoil Drive, Trumbull, CT 

Boys & Girls Club - 15 Lincoln Street, Meriden, CT 

NYA - 4 Primrose Street, Newtown, CT 

Respect of Facilities

• To keep the playing surfaces clean and dry, please instruct your players not to wear dirty or wet game shoes into the facilities.
• We play at the pleasure of the facilities and ask for your cooperation in order to renew our contracts with them
• No ball playing / warm up in facilities except on courts
• Futsal balls only allowed on courts
• Only registered players are allowed to use the gym - other individuals cannot play on the court league is playing - this includes the half-time break period

Other Constitution United Futsal Policies

• Double Roster Exception: Club goalies are allowed to double roster amongst age groups.  They cannot play down an age group, but they can play in the same age group or older age group. 

Age Divisions/Groups

Boys & Girls U8 - U16 Constitution United Futsal reserves the right to drop or combine divisions or age groups.

Team Registration
Registration Is now Open and will close 12/1/18. 

Season Play
Games begin on January 6th and the season ends by March 3, 2019. We will play games on Sundays. The schedule is dictated by the court times we secure from the facilities.

Teams will be scheduled to play 8 games

Conflicts
Conflicts/Requests – Submission Deadline December 1st 
Must be requested prior to the registration deadline; there can be no guarantees. All conflict and requests must be entered on-line using the "comments" section of the team's detail page.  Email or telephone requests made to Gateway staff will not be taken into consideration as the scheduler creates the season’s schedule. Please only one entire weekend conflict is allowed per team.  We will schedule around indoor league schedules if given to us by the deadline.  We give priority to teams with the multiple team coaches in order to schedule back to back games for them.

CONFLICTS NOT ENTERED IN THE CONFLICT BOXES BEFORE THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE of November 5th , WILL NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.  Even if you had previously e-mailed us, talked with USYF staff or any other type of communication regarding a conflict or request , IT NEEDS TO BE ENTERED HERE OR IT WILL NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.  If you have no conflicts or coach multiple teams, put NA in the box., put N/A in the "Conflict Comments" box. 

Playing time requests cannot be considered in fairness to the other team in your bracket, such as “we only want to play on Saturday afternoons”.  Generally, we try to schedule the younger teams to play earlier in the day, but often an age group will utilize all the availability in a venue so it is possible that a "younger".

IMPORTANT COACH INFORMATION
There is no coaching license to coach a team. Any adult who is registered with the team as a coach or manager can sit the bench.  This is a great option for teams with outdoor coaches who want to take a break, but still want their teams to have fun and play. 

Coaches with multiple teams
We will accommodate coaches with multiple teams by attempting to schedule them with back-to-back games at the same facility as much as possible.  We have been very successful in the past, so you are encouraged to split your outdoor teams into two futsal teams, and we will make every effort to schedule your games back to back, however, there may be an occasional gap (one hour) between games if there are multiple sister teams in a bracket.  If you coach more than two teams and need to be all the games, please indicate that specifically in the comments section on your team's detail page.  We will make every attempt to accommodate this request (coaching more than two teams), however, due to various factors, such as different age groups playing in different facilities and court availability, this may not always be possible.  A coach will most likely have to go from one school to another for each division. We highly recommend that you have an assistant coach (s) to help in this circumstance.

It will be very difficult to schedule coaches back to back when they coach one team in a one referee age group (U14 and younger) and another team in a 2-referee game (U15 and older).

Game Scorecards
Before each game, a pre-printed game card will be available from the referees. The cards will be populated with player names and numbers. Please check the cards for accuracy and then hand them back to the referees before the game begins. Upon completion of the game, the winning coach should sign the card and return to referee

Competition Format & Rules
Official USYF Rules and Regulations as stated under the Laws of The Game will be enforced. Exceptions are noted below under House Rules. 
 
House Rules

• 24 minute halves, running clock
• 1 timeout per half
• No GK punting or drop kicking.
• GK can throw ball anywhere on the court on a fly with the exception of the opponent’s penalty area
• No changing of benches during half-time, but teams switch court direction
• Halftimes are one minute, which basically allows for a quick drink by players and then taking positions on the court.  Teams should switch halves after first half has ended and clear off courts immediately after end of game.  Coaches are not allowed to interfere with the next game by meeting with their team on the court.
• GK pass back rule is in effect for all ages
• In the event teams have same color shirts, listed home team must change. 

Player Registration Fee - All players must be registered with USYF and releases signed by player/parent/guardian (P/P/G).  PARENTS MUST PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE ($13.50) & SIGN THE WAIVER! When the team manager inputs a player into the roster, an e-mail is sent to P/P/G with instructions as to how to complete player registration.  

Roster Cards
Constitution United Futsal will institute the issuance of roster cards if required. To be eligible to play, each player must be on the roster. Roster cards are issued only after full payment of fees, signed Medical / Media Release forms have been received and all players have been registered online. 

Pre-game Check-In
Roster cards may be checked before games.  This is to assure that all players are registered and the league remains sanctioned by US Soccer.  Team managers are to carry the roster cards with them for inspection before games.

Game Balls
CUFL is responsible for providing game balls for league games.  CUFL will use Senda Certified Futsal Balls.  

Equipment
The wearing of shin guards will be mandatory for all players. Indoor, flat soled soccer shoes also must be worn.
   
Forfeited Games
If a team fails to show for a scheduled match, the referee shall allow a 5 minute grace period. After the 5 minutes, if the team has not yet arrived or does not have enough players to field a team (4), the game will be forfeited. The game will be tallied as a 3 to 0 loss for the forfeiting team and a 3 to 0 win for their opponent.

If the referee terminates a match for reasons other than an act of God or field conditions, the Constitution United Futsal Competition Committee will decide the result of the match after hearing the official reason from the referee, and both coaches.

Teams forfeiting a match and the opponent of a team that forfeited will not receive a refund on their registration fee.
Forfeited games are recorded as a 3 - 0 loss.

Point System and Tiebreakers
Please note, Constitution United Futsal does not publish division standings.  However, the scheduling system allows teams to track progress if desired.

The determination within the group standings is as follows:  

• 3 points for a win
• 1 point for a tie
• 0 points for a loss

Forfeited games are recorded as a 3 - 0 loss

Tiebreakers

1. Total Points 
2. Head-To-Head 
3. Goal Differential - Max of 5 per game 
4. Goals For 
5. Goals Against 

There are no awards given for winners of divisions

Ejections - Red Cards
The minimum penalty for an ejection is that the player shall not be permitted to play in the immediate next match of play.  If the player is rostered on two teams and has a scheduled match on the same day after the red card, the player is ineligible to play in that game. If the player who received the red card, does not have another match that day, then the player must sit out the next immediate scheduled match. The League, in consultation with the Head Referee, will then decide if the player or coach will sit out an additional game (s) the following week   The player or coach receiving the red card must sit out a minimum of one game.  

Coach Ejections
If a coach is ejected from any match, a referee’s report of the incident shall be turned over to the  League administrator by the referee.  

The minimum penalty for an ejection is that the coach shall not be permitted to coach, remain on the player’s bench or in the gymnasium in the immediate next match.

The maximum penalty, after review by the Competition Committee, may result in the individual coach or team’s expulsion from the League.

Games Cancelled by opponents
If an opponent cancels a game or does not show for the game, the other team may use the scheduled game time for their use. There are no refunds for games cancelled by opponents. If a team must cancel, call the Constitution United Futsal administrator as soon as possible so we can notify the referees and give the other team a chance to plan accordingly. Cancelling a game not only short-changes your team, but your scheduled opponent. 

Reschedules
At time of registration, each team is allowed multiple conflicts if entered into registration system before registration deadline. If manager does not enter conflicts, no reschedules will be made.

While we will try to reschedule any game where they may be a conflict, however, we cannot guarantee it.  In the event a game needs to be rescheduled, it will be based on facility's availability.  

Games cancelled by Facilities 
We reserve the right to postpone or cancel games at any time for any reason such as bad weather or facility problems. Constitution United Futsal plays games in all weather and only cancels games if the facility cancels.  Cancellations are very rare events, so teams should plan on playing.  If there are games cancelled, reschedules are not guaranteed and refunds for cancelled games will not be provided.

Referees 
CUFL certified officials will be used for every game assuring the game is played in the spirit of USYF futsal.  

Additional Questions

If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding Constitution United Futsal, please feel free to contact us at cufl203@outlook.com