1. MILLS COLLEGE AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - INTRAMURAL
SPORTS
Futsal – Online Meeting

2. The Five Most Important IM Policies
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 Game time is forfeit time – please ensure you have enough rostered
players present prior to the start of your scheduled contest.
 Only a team’s captain may confer with the officials.
 All players must present their valid Northeastern University issued
Husky Card in order to play.
 All roster management is done via the IMLeagues platform.
 After the season’s schedule is published, regular season games will
not be rescheduled at a team’s request.

3. Location – Haas Pavillion
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4. General Rules
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 All games are played on Haas Pavillion Gym Floor Must have valid
Northeastern ID to participate
Games will consist of two 15-minute halves
 4 players may be on the field at a time
 Goalie is tbd
 A minimum of 4 players must be present to avoid a forfeit

5. Substitutions
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 Teams may substitute players on out of bounds, timeouts, after goals
and any time the substituting team’s goalie has possession
 Players must remain in their designated areas until an official indicates
they may enter play
 Each team may call one timeout per half
 With less than one minutes remaining in the game no substitutions or
timeouts will be permitted
 Failure to comply with the above substitution rules will result in a yellow
card for the offending team’s captain

6. Goalkeepers
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 Goal keepers may use their hands inside the designated goalie area
 Keepers must roll the ball out underhand or play it as a field player
 Keepers may not
Dropkick or punt the ball
Cross the first white line
Score
 Teams must have a goalkeeper at all times
 Keepers may not be pulled and replaced with a field player

7. In the Box Before the Ball
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 There is no offsides
No field players may
enter the goalie
area with the intention of
playing the ball
 Violation of this rule by the
offense will result in an
indirect kick for the defense
within the goalie area
 Violation of the rule by the
defense will result in an
indirect kick for the offense
at midfield

8. Out of Bounds
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 If the ball crosses outside of
the navy blue basketball
court lines it is out of bounds.
 All out of bounds on the
side will result in an
indirect kick from the spot
 The basketball hoop,
overhead track and white
netting is all in bounds
 All kick-ins are indirect

9. Sliding
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 There is absolutely no sliding permitted
 All slides result in an automatic yellow card
 Sliding into a player is a red card
 After a slide, the ball is put back into play with a direct free kick
 Goal Keepers may only come out hands first or to the side

10. Yellow Cards
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 A player receiving a yellow card receives a minimum two-minute
penalty, with no replacement
 If a goal is scored against his or her team, the player may re-enter the
game
 Yellow card fouls include:
 Sliding
 Entering or leaving the field without the official’s permission
 Objecting to the decision of an official either vocally or through
actions
 Delay of game (refusing to yield 3 yards on a free kick)
 Holding a jersey or shorts
 Deliberate handball to stop an attack
 Deliberate tactical foul
 Unsportsmanlike conduct

11. Red Cards
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 Red cards carry an automatic ejection from the game and the facility
 Teams must play short a player for the rest of the match
 Red card fouls include:
 Taunting
 A second yellow card
 Exhibiting violent conduct
 Spitting at another person
 Using insulting, offensive or abusive language
 Leaving the bench area to enter the field during an altercation

12. Encroachment
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 All defensive players must yield three yards on all free kicks
 Failure to do so will result in an encroachment penalty
 Encroachment is punishable by yellow card

13. Cumulative Fouls
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 Every foul is recorded and counted toward a cumulative foul count
 Advantage calls are also counted toward this number
 When a team has committed 6 fouls the other team is awarded a direct
free kick from the designated mark for every subsequent foul
 All other players must stand behind this mark and three yards
from the ball
 The cumulative foul count resets at each half
The count will carry over to any overtime periods

14. Additional Rules
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 The game will end on the first dead ball after regulation time has
expired
 After any dead ball situation, the team in control of the ball has five
seconds to put it into play
 Advantage will be used when calling fouls, so not to take away a
favorable situation from the team that did not foul

15. Quiz
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Thank you for your interest in the Intramural Sports
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