Outdoor Updated Rules

OUTDOOR 2025 UPDATED RULES

Saskatoon Adult Soccer's Rules & Regulations are reviewed on a continual basis by the staff and board, and implemented at the beginning of each season. 

For the Outdoor 2025 season, the following new rules will be implemented:

1. Teams will be removed from the league without a refund if they meet or surpass more than 25% of their schedule with forfeits. 

2. For indoor, the home team starts the game with the ball, and both teams start the game on the far side of the field from their bench.

   For outdoor, teams may flip a coin. In the event a coin is not used, the home team starts the game with the ball, and both teams start the game on the far side of the field from their bench.

3. Players may submit a headshot via email accompanied by their government issued photo ID.

4. Only players on a league team may permit in our league. Ex: Saskatoon World Cup players may not permit in the league until they are on a league team.

5. Slide tackling is not permitted in Legends games.

6. Video review for Violent Conduct & Serious Foul Play for Boarding can be conducted with a $100 fee.

7. Two dissent yellow cards in one game results in 2 suspended games as opposed to just 1.

8. Music is permitted on one team bench per game for warm up and half time with Home team having first priority. At any time, the opposing team, official, SSC staff and/or SAS staff may use their discretion to deny the music or lower the volume. Music should not be offensive. Music should be age appropriate with consideration of the participants and spectators. SAS is not responsible for any speakers or equipment. SAS is not responsible for any damages that may occur.

9. Forfeit Penalties apply to Playoff Games the same as a regular season game.

10. Forfeit Refunds supplied at the end of the season increased to $100 from $50 for the team that did not forfeit the game.

*REMINDER OF PREVIOUS RULE CHANGES*

1.      Players may permit to other leagues if they are registered with SAS. Some exceptions apply. See Permitting rules for full details.

2.      Permits are unlimited but there is a maximum of 5 to any one team; 10 for goal keepers.

3.      A player that is registered on the team as such, but not participating in a game, may sit on the team bench - unless they are suspended. If they are not suspended, a “TP” must be added beside their name on the game sheet to indicate they are not participating as a player but, instead, as Team Personnel. (A secondary registration as Team Personnel is not required if already registered as a player.)

4.      We no longer accept e-transfers for Individual Player Registrations or Team Personnel Registrations. Participants can either pay debit/credit online through RAMP while they register, or via cash at the office.

Allow additional time for in-office payments to register as well. You cannot register online unless you are paying online.

5.      When both teams forfeit the same game, neither team will earn a point. The game is not included in the standings at all.

6.      Any player who participates in a game and is not on the official game sheet nor registered with SAS will be deemed an ineligible player and both the team and player may be subject to discipline.

7. Individual Player Registration fee has increased to $45 due to taxes and RAMP fees. This fee has not increased since 2014, but unfortunately, the increase is now required to cover the additional fees. Full details can be found on the Outdoor - Individual Player Registration page.

8.       Slide tackling is prohibited from the Masters Women league and any games involving Masters Women’s teams, and a yellow card will be given for any slide-tackles.

9. Key Deposits

A cheque post-dated to September 1 of $50.00, per key, will be required as bond.

Teams must pick up at least one (1) key but have the option to pick-up a single key and deposit $50.00 or a set of two (2) keys and deposit $100.

Cheques are payable to Saskatoon Adult Soccer. Cheques are only acceptable for key deposits.

10.      Team Personnel (Coach/Staff) must register as such. You cannot be on the bench unless you are registered as Team Personnel or a player on that team.

If you are already a player on the team, you do not have to register as Team Personnel. However, if you are a player on one team and coach another, you must register as a Team Personnel for the other team.

11.      Team Personnel can receive cards as per IFAB/FIFA rules. The teams will not play short if the Team Personnel receive a card (in all leagues: outdoor, indoor turf or indoor boarded).

12.  Team Personnel will also need to supply Photo ID to be on the bench.

13.   Teams that have their games overturned for ineligible players or wrongdoing, will also have their goal stats removed. In contrast, the non-offending team will still keep their goal statistics.

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14. We removed the "Competitive" and "Recreational" division terms and structure. We return to "Division 1, Division 2" etc and players cannot enter Competitive AND Recreational this season or going forward.

15. Division 1 players can permit across to other Division 1 teams in other leagues. I.e.: Women's Div 1 can permit to Coed Div 1 (but not down within or down across).

16. When weather-related issues arise while full-field games are being played outside at the Saskatoon Sports Centre, (both) games may be moved inside and be played half field if the following criteria are met. See Section 28 for full details.

17. Permit play is tallied for ALL games including exhibition.

18. Wins (3) Losses (0) Ties (1) standings will be tracked for all leagues. However, the individual goal statistics will not be recorded for the Coed and Legends leagues.

As of Outdoor 2020, FIFA/IFAB also implemented changes to their Laws of the Game.

SAS will be implementing these changes that have already taken place in professional levels including: 

• the introduction of yellow and red cards for misconduct by team officials

• a player being substituted having to leave the field of play at the nearest point on the boundary line

• at a goal kick and a free kick for the defending team in their own penalty area, the ball is in play once it is kicked, i.e. it does not have to leave the penalty area

• clearer wording for ‘handball’

• attacking team players must be at least 1m away from a ‘defensive wall’

• the goalkeeper only has to have one foot on the goal line at a penalty kick

• a new dropped ball procedure

The summary and details of all Law changes can be found here on our SAS Rules and Regulations page.

You can also download the IFAB "Laws of the Game" app or go to https://www.theifab.com/laws