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    Law 1 – The Field of Play
          Field Markings:
          The Penalty Area:
          Flagposts:
          The Corner Arc:
          Goals:
    Law 2 – The Ball
          The Ball:
    Law 3 – Number of Players
          The Number of Players:
    Law 4 – Players Equipment:
          Substitutions:
    Law 5 – The Referee:
    Law 6 – The Assistant Referee:
    Law 7 – The Duration of the Match:
    Law 8 – The Start and Restart of Play:
    Law 9 – The Ball In and Out of Play:
    Law 10 – The Method of Scoring:
    Law 11 – Offside:
    Law 12 – Fouls and Misconduct:
    Law 13 – Free Kicks:
    Law 14 – The Penalty Kick:
    Law 15 – The Throw-In:
    Law 16 – The Goal Kick:
    Law 17 – The Corner Kick:
US YOUTH SOCCER

Revised April 12, 2005

US Youth Soccer Official Under 12 Playing Recommendations

US Youth Soccer recommended modifications to the FIFA Laws of the Game.

FIFA Laws of the Game can be found at www.ussoccer.com/referees.

Please note the U12 addendum and appendix.

Law 1 – The Field of Play
The field of play must be rectangular. The length of the touchline must be greater than the length of the goal line.

Length: minimum 70 yards maximum 80 yards
Width: minimum 45 yards maximum 55 yards

Field Markings:
Distinctive lines not more than (5) inches wide. The field of play is divided into two halves by a halfway line. The center mark is indicated at the midpoint of the halfway line. A circle with a radius of eight (8) yards is marked around it.

The Penalty Area:
A penalty area is defined at each end of the field as follows: Two lines are drawn at right angles to the goal line, fourteen (14) yards from the inside of each goalpost. These lines extend into the field of play for a distance of fourteen (14) yards and are joined by a line drawn parallel with the goal line. The area bounded by these lines and the goal line is the penalty area. Within each penalty area a penalty mark is made ten (10) yards from the midpoint between the goalposts and equidistant to them. An arc of a circle with a radius of eight (8) yards from each penalty mark is drawn outside the penalty area.

Flagposts:
Conform to FIFA.

The Corner Arc:
Conform to FIFA.

Goals:
Conform to FIFA with exception that the maximum distance between the posts is eighteen (18) feet and the maximum distance from the lower edge of the crossbar to the ground is six (6) feet.

Law 2 – The Ball

The Ball:
Size four (4).

Law 3 – Number of Players

The Number of Players:
A match is played by two teams, each consisting of not more than eight players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. A match may not start if either team consists of fewer than six (6) players.

Law 4 – Players Equipment:
Conform to FIFA. Non-uniform clothing is allowed based on weather conditions, but uniforms must still distinguish teams.
Substitutions:
On a Goal Kick, After a Goal and on a Throw in for the team in possesion of the ball unless both are at the line

Law 5 – The Referee:
Registered referee.

Law 6 – The Assistant Referee:
Use U.S.S.F. registered referees or club linesmen/women.

Law 7 – The Duration of the Match:
Conform to FIFA with the exception of the match being divided into two (2) halves of thirty (30) minutes each. There shall be a half-time interval of five (5) minutes.

Law 8 – The Start and Restart of Play:
Conform to FIFA with the exception thatopponents of the team taking the kick-off are at least eight (8) yards from the ball until it is in play.

Law 9 – The Ball In and Out of Play:
Conform to FIFA.

Law 10 – The Method of Scoring:
Conform to FIFA.

Law 11 – Offside:
Conform to FIFA.

Law 12 – Fouls and Misconduct:
Conform to FIFA with the exception that an indirectfree kick is awarded to the opposing team at the center spot on the halfway line if a goalkeeper punts or drop-kicks the ball in the air from his/her penalty area into theopponents penalty area.

Law 13 – Free Kicks:
Conform to FIFA with the exception that opponents are at leasteight (8) yards from the ball.

Law 14 – The Penalty Kick:
Conform to FIFA with the exceptions that the penalty mark is at ten yards and that players other than the kicker and defending goalkeeper are at least eight (8) yards from the penalty mark.

Law 15 – The Throw-In:
Conform to FIFA.

Law 16 – The Goal Kick:
Conform to FIFA.

Law 17 – The Corner Kick:
Conform to FIFA with the exception that opponents remainat least eight (8) yards away from the ball until it is in play.