Section 4. Rules and Procedures

A. All regular season, regional, district and national tournament games will be played under the current NCAA Soccer rules with the following exceptions:

1. Unlimited substitutions apply with a stoppage of the game clock during substitutions from the leading team at any time in the last five minutes of the game.

2. In regular season matches, if two teams are tied after regulation, no overtime will be played. The game is recorded as a tie.

3. For all Region, District, and National Tournament matches, the overtime rule will be two 10 minutes sudden/victory/golden goal overtimes. If still tied, it will be followed by penalty kicks. Games that go to PKs in post-season are recorded as ties except in the National Championship match.

4. The Select “Super” or “Brilliant Super” ball shall be the official regular season game ball of the NJCAA beginning fall 2015. The Select “Super” ball shall be used at NJCAA Championships.

   1. Penalty for non-compliance of using the NJCAA Official Ball: “(Exception to NCAA Rule 2 “The Ball”) - Four official game balls must be provided by the host team in order to begin play. In the event that this stipulation is not met, the game shall be played with the offending head coach receiving a yellow card and the host Region being responsible to handle the infraction which includes sending the athletic director of the offending school a letter of reprimand.” Note: Regional Directors shall collect and report any violations and submit them to the NJCAA National Office at the conclusion of the season.

5. An official NJCAA game roster, including the names, numbers and total number of cautions and ejections of all players, coaches and other bench personnel, shall be submitted to the official scorekeeper and each coach not later than 15 minutes before game time

B. Teams participating in the NJCAA Soccer Championship are limited to 25 players. These players must be identified in the score book before the start of the first game. These players must be identified on an approved roster, which will contain the name, numbers and accumulated cautions of all squad members. This roster must be submitted to the NJCAA Soccer Chair, or his/her designee, prior to the first game of the tournament. No deletions or additions may be made after this time. A player who is part of his team’s roster of 25, whose name is not listed in the score book, will be removed from the game at the point the omission is discovered.

C. Roster numbers and jerseys must be checked and verified prior to the start of the tournament. Players found wearing incorrect numbers will be removed from the game until the problem is corrected. Players not listed on the roster, found to be participating in the game, will be removed at that point and will not be allowed to participate in any subsequent games.

D. In the event of darkness, inclement weather or other circumstances beyond the control of the Tournament Director that prevent games from being completed on a given day, the suspended games will be resumed from the point of suspension on the following day and the game and time schedule will adjust accordingly. If for any reason, a team must play more than 90 minutes after a suspended game is resumed, they will not be required to play again that day.

E. For each game of the tournament, the team with higher seed (lower number) in each game will be the HOME TEAM and wear light[1]colored uniforms and have choice of bench. The lower seed (higher number) will be the VISITOR TEAM and wear dark-colored uniforms.

F. NJCAA rules govern all Regional, District and National competition.

G. Tights and undergarments that extend below game pants must be the same color as game pants