2001 MPSSAA SOCCER BULLETIN
TIES AND SUSPENDED GAMES
(regular season)
A game ending in a tie shall be resolved by 2 (if necessary)
sudden-death overtime periods' of 10 minutes each. The game shall end with the first overtime goal. If 2 equal
periods are played without a goal being scored, the game shall be declared a
tie. A coin shall be flipped prior to the first overtime period. Refer to rule 5-2-2 (e, 2) for the coin toss
procedure. The interval between the second half and.the first overtime period
shall be 5 minutes. The interval between the first overtime period and a second
overtime period (if necessary) shall be 2 minutes.
PLAYING RULES
A. The overtime procedure for tournament progression
is the same as used during the regular season.
B. The following Penalty Kick Procedure shall be
used to determine the winner of. a region or state semi-final game that is tied
after the required overtime periods.
1. This procedure will not
be used in the State final game.
2. Organization mechanics:
The designated home team or tournament committee, (if the game is being managed
by the committee), shall:
a. supply sufficient ball persons to enable the
procedure to operate efficiently.
b. be responsible for providing sufficient security
for the penalty kick procedure so that it may be conducted without interference
to those involved.
3. The
officials will:
a. gather all players on the
field at the end of the 2nd overtime period in the center circle.
b. designate the goal at
which the penalty kicks will be taken.
c. meet with each team's
head coach to verify those eligible to participate in the penalty kicking. (Each coach shall be solely responsible for utilizing
only eligible players as the team's participants. Participation by an
ineligible player will result in forfeiture of the game by the offending
team. Ineligible participation would
include, but not be limited to: a field player who was not in the game at the
end of the 2nd overtime or a shooter taking a 2nd attempt
in a cycle before all of the shooter's eligible teammates have taken their 1st
attempts in the same cycle.)
d. choose 3 balls for use
(supplied by the tournament committee or one of the teams).
e. begin the penalty kick
procedure after a 3-minute intermission period. The following procedures shall
apply:
(1) A coin toss shall occur,
with the visiting team calling the toss. The winner of the toss will have the
choice of shooting first or defending first.
(2) The penalty kick
tiebreaker will initially be based on the performance of 5 designated kickers
from each team. Attempts shall be made in alternating order until one team has
an insurmountable advantage.
(a) If the score is tied after
the 5 designated players have taken their shots, then a sudden victory round
begins which includes the 6 players for each team who were not part of the
initial penalty kick phase.
(b) If the score remains tied
after all 11 eligible players from both teams have taken shots, then the sudden
victory round continues with all 11 players from each team becoming eligible
for a second shot. A coach may change
the order from the initial round. No
players can take a third shot until all eligible players have taken their
second shot and so on.
4. Only the head coach and 1
assistant will be permitted to join the players in the center circle.
Reinaining players, coaches, and team attendants shall be completely off the
field of play and in their team bench areas.
5. Kicking Procedure
a. Participants
(1) Only those players on
the field at the end of the 2nd 10-minute sudden-victory overtime
period, including the goalkeeper, are eligible for the penalty kick tiebreaker.
(2) If the goalkeeper is
injured during the penalty kicks and must be removed, the goalkeeper may be
replaced by a substitute. This substirute may be selected from any players on
the team. However, a goalkeeper, once substituted for, may NOT be reinstated.
The substitute for the goalkeeper will take part in the penalty kicks. If a
player already on the field replaces the goalkeeper, an additional kicker may
be brought in from the bench, but cannot kick until all of the players from
that team have kicked. This substirute must be the team's final kicker in each
cycle.
b. The eligible shooters for
each team shall take scoring attempts in any sequence the head coach desires.
The head coach shall direct each shooter to report to the official at the penalty
kick stripe immediately after the completion of the previous shooter's attempt.
A shooter may not be changed after reporting to the official. The shooting
order need not be the same in the 2nd cycle.
c. The Official shall record
the player's name, number, the order ill the team's cycle ill which the attempt was made, and the
result of the kick.
d. A goalkeeper who is to
defend against the next penalty kick attempt shall be stationed outside the
field of play at the intersection of the goal line and the penalty area
boundary to the side designated by the officials.
e. Any deliberate action or inaction by the shooter
or goalkeeper which delays the start of an attempt shall result in the official
issuing a caution to the offending player. Such cautions will carry full
disciplinary penalties, including isqualification. if it is a player's 2nd
caution of the game.
6. The game shall end and
the team declared the winner, which has:
a. attained an insurnIountable lead over its
opponent before the initial phase of 5 penalty kickers is completed; or
b. scored more goals than
its opponent upon completion of the initial phase of 5 penalty kickers; or
c. scored 1 more goal than
its opponent at any point after each team has taken an equal number of shots during
the sudden-victory phase of the penalty kick tiebreaker.