RULE CHANGES FOR 6U & 8U
- All restarts at the 6U and 8U levels are IFKs. This was previously AYSO policy and is in line with US Soccer’s PDIs
- Opponents
must retreat 5 yards on all restarts at 6U and 8U levels. This is
different from US Soccer (they recommend 10 feet), but takes player
safety into further consideration and is consistent with the distance
for restarts in accordance with the radius of the center circle (also 5
yards)
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Build Out Line Notes For 2018 - Goalies may release the ball beyond the BOL.
- GKs may be played beyond the BOL.
- Opponents may not cross the BOL until the goalie has released the
ball. An offense of this rule results in an IFK for the goalie's team
at the point where the opponent crossed the BOL.
- Opponents may not cross the BOL until the GK has left the PA into
the field of play. An offense of this rule results in a GK takeover.
(Yes. This is not exactly what was stated in the last paragraph of the
PDI document linked above, but is correctly explained this way in the
BOL video.)
- Still no punting
or drop kicks by the goalie. (Yes. A goalie may drop the ball to a
teammate who may circumvent the PDI rule and kick the ball as it
bounces, perhaps at the instruction of their win-at-all-costs coach.)
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