NFHS RULE DIFFERENCES FROM USSF

 

Rule 1    –     Boundary lines are to be 4 inches wide

Penalty kick mark to be a 2 foot line or 9” spot

Corner flag post must be at least one inch in diameter

Nets are mandatory

 

Rule 2   -      Home team provides 3 balls and at least 2 ball holders

Approved ball must have NFHS logo

 

Rule 3    -      Substitutions      Both teams between periods, Goal kick, Goal Scored

                     Play stopped for injury and player attended to on the field

                     Injured player must leave field and may be replaced

                     After cautions or disqualifications

 

Possession        On a throw-in or corner kick (other team can also substitute if team with possession substitutes)

 

Unlimited number of substitutions for either team at these substitution opportunities

 

       NOTE:  On a penalty kick the only substitute permitted is for injury or caution, and

       substitute may not take the penalty kick

 

-      Players may be added to the roster after the start of the game

 

Rule 4  -       Uniforms         Home team – light color contrasting with away team uniform

                     Visiting team – dark color contrasting with home team uniform

                            Both socks must be the same color with a single dominating color

 

              NOTE:   Shorts and socks of the goalkeeper are not required to be the same color as his/her

       teammates.

 

Uniform numbers:  on front and back (4” and 6”); number on front may be on shorts

CIF Ruling: Goalkeeper may not wear a jersey with advertising on it (e.g., Corona,        Newcastle, or Coca Cola)

 

Medical releases signed by physician required for players wearing casts/splints

 

Rule 5    -     Winner of coin toss can choose which goal to defend or to take the kickoff