SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA

FALL FESTIVAL 2003

NOVEMBER 7-9 ~ VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY

2003

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Schedule of Events

   -Special Events

   -Ceremonies

   -Olympic Town

   -Family Events

Competition

   -Bocce

   -Long Distance Run

   -Power Lifting

   -Roller Skating

   -Soccer

   -Volleyball

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Soccer

National Governing Body   

United States Soccer Federation

www.ussoccer.com

Venue Coordinator:    Meghan Johnson (5v5 Austin Field)

Venue Assistants:      Kira O'Connor (11v11 Pike Field)

                                    Patrick Bosse (Individual Skills)

                                    Chris Mitchell (5v5 Mendel Field)

Sport Director:           Mark Weinmann

Located on Austin Field, Mendel Field, & Pike Field

Villanova University

800 Lancaster Ave.

Villanova, PA  19085

ATTIRE

Shorts, jerseys, stockings, and soccer shoes with soft and yielding cleats shall be worn.  Jerseys shall be marked with 25 cm numbers on the back.  Goalies must wear distinguishing colors from other teammates.

AWARDS

Awards for individual skills will be at Pike Field on Saturday, starting at 1:00p.  Team (both 5v5 and 11v11) awards will be rolling on Sunday, beginning at 10:30a on Austin Field.

EQUIPMENT

All athletes must wear shin guards during competition.

FACILITIES

Players should come dressed for competition.  All games will be played on grass.  There will be several sided tents provided on the fields.  All soccer teams may use the same locker rooms as the volleyball players in The Pavilion or Butler Annex.  Soccer athletes may use the restrooms in Dougherty Hall or Mendel Hall.

RULES

A.  11v11:

1. The roster size may not exceed 15 players for this competition.

2. Divisions are based upon the team skills assessment tests, prior competition and preliminary round of play

3. The duration of the game shall be minimally two (2) twenty minute halves.

4. Round-robin tournament play will be used for divisions of three (3) or more teams.  A best of three series will be used for divisions of two (2) teams.

5. If overtime is used to break a tie, two 7 1/2 minute "sudden death" overtime periods are used (first goal scored wins).  If the game is still tied after the overtime periods, penalty-kicks will be used to break the tie: five players shall be selected from the competing players on the field for each team.

• The process to be used to break a tie record for the tournament will be as follows:

• Head-to-head competition

• Point differential (*)

• Least Points scored against

• Tie

6. In the final standings of round-robin competition, a team can only win or lose by a maximum of 4 goals per match.  For example, a team that wins a match 8-2 will bet the maximum +4 point differential.  A team that loses 6-1, will get the maximum -4 differential.

B.  5v5:

1. The roster size may not exceed 8 players for this competition.

2. Divisions are based upon the team skills assessment scores, prior competition, and preliminary round of play.

3. The duration of the game shall be two equal periods of 15 minutes with a half-time interval of 5 minutes.

4. Round-robin tournament play will be used for divisions of three (3) or more teams.  A best of three series will be used for divisions of two (2) teams.

5. If overtime is used to break a tie, two 5-minute "sudden death" overtime periods are used (first goal scored wins).  If the game is still tied after the overtime periods, penalty-kicks will be used to break the tie: five players shall be selected from the competing players on the field for each team.

6. If a player is expelled from the game (2 yellow or 1 red card issued), the team is to play with one player down for either 2 minutes or until the next goal is scored.

7. The process to be used to break a tie record for the tournament will be the same as in 11v11.

C.  Individual Skills:

1. Individual skills athletes may not participate with either the 11-a-side or 5-a-side teams unless they are listed as a team alternate and then activated before the competition.  If they are activated to team competition, they cannot participate in the individual skills competition.

2. In the medal round, each player should perform each event twice.  The total score from the two rounds (in the medal round) is added together to give the final score.

D.  Medal Rounds:

1. If time allows, there will be medal rounds to determine place.  Gold and bronze medal games will be played on Sunday morning.

SCHEDULE

All teams must stay until the end of preliminaries in order to be properly divisioned.  Schedules for Saturday will be given out at the head coaches meeting on Friday.  Scores will be available on Saturday for those respective sites only at the scoring tents.  Although some information is available, the head coaches are still responsible for determining where their teams are to play next.  In the case of inclement weather, information will not be easily accessible, and it will be important that coaches are prepared to know where their teams should go in advance.  Individual skills athletes will rotate once to all three skills for preliminaries and twice for finals.  All three skills areas will be conducted simultaneously at Pike Field.

RAIN PLAN

In case of inclement weather, 5v5 games will be moved to the indoor gymnasium complex at Cabrini College and Rocket Sports.  Signs will be posted Saturday morning if these rain plans need to be implemented.  11v11 games will still be played on Pike Field as well as Individual Skills Competition.  Directions

SPORTS RULES COMMITTEE (per respective venue)

Venue Coordinator      Meghan Johnson (Austin Field)

                                 Kira O'Connor (Pike Field)

                                 Patrick Bosse (Individual Skills)

                                 Chris Mitchell (Mendel Field)

SOPA Sport Director    Mark Weinmann

Head Coach                TBA

Alt. Head Coach          TBA