Maryland Sports Arena/ Harrisburg Heat Holiday Tournament Rules (2022)

THE Maryland Sports Arena &Harrisburg Heat ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES, REGARDLESS OF HOW SUSTAINED WHICH A PLAYER RECEIVES. THE Maryland Sports Arena & Harrisburg Heat ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OF ANY PLAYER OR FOR PAYMENT OF MEDICAL BILLS.

All teams will be emailed an online roster that must be completed as soon as possible to allow us to email parent’s our code of conduct and proper parking areas. Each player is required to have a liability waiver completed and signed by a parent. Waiver should be collected by team manager and given to tournament directors prior to first game. Link to download waiver is here http://marylandsportsarena.com/waiver.pdf. Waivers will also be available at concession stand. Submit all waivers at once. Teams may carry a maximum of eighteen players. Players may be not be added after the tournament has started. Players may not play on more than one team in the same age tournament.. Ages are based on 2021/22 US Soccer Age Chart http://marylandsportsarena.com/agecutoff.htm. Teams U12 and younger play with 7 players and use a size 4 ball. Teams U13 and older, play with 6 players and use a size 5 ball. No slide tackling is allowed in U14 and younger tournaments. Teams may have a maximum of 3 coaches on the player’s bench. If you need additional coaches, permission may be granted by tournament directors. Players not dressed to play are not allowed on the bench. All teams must have an adult coach (ie a parent or someone of similar age) on their bench during all games.

All rules are those of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) unless amended by the Maryland Sports Arena. Gum chewing or chewing of other similar type of products will result in a 2 minute penalty. Spitting on the field is an EJECTION. Games are 24 minutes. Game time is forfeit time. No time-outs. If you are playing back to back games you do not have to leave or move after your game. Youth teams must have 6 players to start and finish game. Parents or grandparents who cannot attend the game may view the game live. Info is here http://marylandsportsarena.com/live.htm

Substitutions are unlimited. Maximum 15 seconds allowed for guaranteed substitutions (ceiling, side or rear netting out of bounds.) Fouls are not guaranteed substitutions. Teams may substitute "on the fly" for fouls. Ball must be played within five seconds on foul situations. Two whistles for out of bounds, one whistle for fouls. No guaranteed substitutions will be allowed during the last 2 minutes of each game. Goalkeepers may not handle balls which are intentionally played to them by a teammate with the exception of head balls or other balls played above the knee. No punting or drop kicking is allowed by the goalkeeper except for u8, u9 and u10 tournaments. For youth tournaments, ages u14 and younger with the exception of the age groups previously mentioned, when the goalkeeper has possession, the ball may only be distributed by throwing. For ages u15 and up, the goalkeeper may also roll the ball to his/her feet as an alternative to throwing, however, once the keeper places the ball on the ground, it is not his/her possession and may be challenged by an opposing player. Again, no drop kicking or punting will be allowed except for u8, u9 and u10 tournaments.. Opposing player must be 10 feet from the ball in dead ball situations. Outstretched legs into the 10 feet area longer are considered encroachment and may result in a two minute penalty.

Dissent towards officials will not be tolerated. Dissent will result in a two minute penalty. Continued dissent may result in expulsion. Teams are responsible for the behavior of their fans. Penalties are served on the player's benches. If both teams receive a penalty for the same time duration, the penalty is un-releasable if any goals are scored. Any player ejected before, during or after a game will be automatically suspended from the tournament for 2 games. Depending on the infraction, the red card may result in a tournament ejection. Any teams, players and coaches who threaten officials or staff will be banned from the facility.

A referee's decision cannot be protested. Teams wishing to protest ineligible players must notify officials prior to the end of the game regarding the player being protested. If you have not submitted your online roster and a protest is filed against your team, you forfeit. Teams currently with online rosters for session 1 at the Maryland Sports Arena do not have to submit new rosters. Any guest players should be listed on their current online roster in red. A player wearing a plaster cast will not be allowed to play. Players may use flat soled soccer or tennis type shoe, or turf shoes on the field. No cleats are allowed on the playing surface. Shin guards are mandatory for all youth players. Home team is responsible for uniform change in case of conflict.

For 4, 6 & 8 team tournaments, 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie. In case of a tie for tournament advancement the following tie breaker will apply: 1. head to head competition, 2. goal differential head to head, 3. total goal differential (maximum allowed is 6 goals per game), 4^th, least amount of goals allowed. If still tied, a coin flip will decide who advances. For must win games, best of 3 alternating shootout. If still tied 1v1 until there is a winner. Please note, do not run up the score on weaker teams. It does not affect your final standing. A maximum of 9 goals is allowed in the goal differential and most goals scored calculation. for 5 & 9 teams tournaments, 7 points for a win, 3 points for a tie, 1 point for each goal scored (max 9), 4 points for a shutout.

Unless, there’s a major snowstorm, the tournament will be played. For inclement weather, coaches please visit our website, game cancellations will be posted. You may also call 410.538.7300 or visit your schedule @ http://marylandsportsarena.com.

House Rules

No commercially prepared food or drink may be brought into the facility. No food or drink is allowed on the playing field. Sports drinks or water may be consumed on the players’ benches only. Plastic bottles only inside facility. No gum, chewing tobacco or sunflower seeds. Please do not spit on the field. OVER FLOW PARKING IS AVAILABLE BEHIND THE WEST SHORE OFFICE BUILDING. DO NOT PARK IN FRONT OF THE WEST SHORE OFFICE BUILDING. YOUR CAR WILL BE TOWED. WE ARE ALLOWED TO PARK ON THE ADJACENT GRAVEL LOT FOR THE TOURNAMENT ONLY. DO NOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY BETWEEN THE OUR LOT AND THE GRAVEL LOT (ABERDEEN SIDE OF BUILDING) No ball playing off the field. All balls must be held or bagged. Please do not bounce balls off the field. Children must be supervised by their parents. To be courteous to others, please do not stand in front of the bleachers. Please remain seated while on the bleachers. For your safety, please do not stand on the bleacher’s top level. No climbing is allowed on any building structures. Do not bang on the glass dasher boards. No smoking. No foul or abusive language. Anyone fighting on the Arena's premises will be banned.

Have fun and enjoy the facility but enter and play at your own risk.

12/26/2022	Monday		Harrisburg Heat	Holiday Tournament
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	Under 12 Boys
5:30 PM	FCUSA Dobes		San Bartolo SD	FCUSA Dobes
6:00 PM	Bah Humbug FC		OLFC Holiday Special	San Bartolo SD
6:30 PM	FCUSA Dobes		Bah Humbug FC	Bah Humbug FC
7:00 PM	San Bartolo SD		OLFC Holiday Special	OLFC Holiday Special
7:30 PM	OLFC Holiday Special		FCUSA Dobes
8:00 PM	Bah Humbug FC		San Bartolo SD
8:30 PM	2nd place		1st place	Championship
12/27/2022	Tuesday		Harrisburg Heat	REVISED
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	Under 9 Girls
9:00 AM	Baltimore Bays Rowdies		Pipeline Black	Baltimore Bays Rowdies
10:00 AM	Baltimore Union		Baltimore Bays Rowdies	Pipeline Black
11:00 AM	Pipeline Black		Baltimore Union	Baltimore Union
Noon	3rd place		2nd place
1:00 PM	Winner 3v2		First Place	Championship
12/27/2022	Tuesday		Harrisburg Heat	REVISED
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	U12 Girls
9:30 AM	Tri-State Soccer Academy		Merry Christos	Tri-State Soccer Academy
10:30 AM	FCUSA		Tri-State Soccer Academy	Merry Christos
11:30 AM	Merry Christos		FCUSA	FCUSA
12:30 PM	3rd place		2nd place
1:30 PM	Winner 3v2		First Place	Championship
12/27/2022	Tuesday		Harrisburg Heat	REVISED
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	U18/19 Girls
2:00 PM	Hawks		Messi's Mates	Hawks
2:30 PM	Nitemare Before Christmas Part 2		Skywalkers	Messi's Mates
3:00 PM	Jingle Ballers		Hawks	Nitemare Before Christmas Part 2
3:30 PM	Messi's Mates		Nitemare Before Christmas Part 2	Skywalkers
4:00 PM	Skywalkers		Jingle Ballers	Jingle Ballers
4:30 PM	5th place		4th place
5:00 PM	3rd place		2nd place
5:30 PM	winner 5v4		1st place
6:00 PM	winner 3v2		(winner 5v4) vs 1st place	championship
12/28/2022	Wednesday		Harrisburg Heat	Holiday Tournament
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	Under 11 Boys
7:30 AM	Fusion		Coppermine SC Premier	Messi Division
8:00 AM	Baltimore Ballers		Team Otis	Fusion
8:30 AM	Tristate Furia		FCUSA Dobes	Coppermine SC Premier
9:00 AM	Bah Humbug		Baltimore Swarm	Baltimore Ballers
9:30 AM	Fusion		Baltimore Ballers	Team Otis
10:00 AM	Coppermine SC Premier		Team Otis	Ronaldo Division
10:30 AM	Tristate Furia		Bah Humbug	Tristate Furia
11:00 AM	FCUSA Dobes		Baltimore Swarm	FCUSA Dobes
11:30 AM	Team Otis		Fusion	Bah Humbug
12:00 PM	Baltimore Ballers		Coppermine SC Premier	Baltimore Swarm
12:30 PM	Baltimore Swarm		Tristate Furia
1:00 PM	Bah Humbug		FCUSA Dobes
1:30 PM	2nd Red		1st Blue
2:00 PM	2nd Blue		!st Red
2:30 PM	Winner (2 red v 1 blue)		Winner (2 blue v 1 red)	Championship
12/28/2022	Wednesday		Harrisburg Heat	Holiday Tournament
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	U9 Boys
3:00 PM	Fusion Athletics		Baltimore Bays	Fusion Athletics
4:00 PM	Celtic FC		Fusion Athletics	Baltimore Bays
5:00 PM	Baltimore Bays		Celtic FC	Celtic FC
6:00 PM	3rd place		2nd place
7:00 PM	Winner 3v2		First Place	Championship
12/28/2022	Wednesday		Harrisburg Heat	Holiday Tournament
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	U16 Boys
3:30 PM	Mamadukes		Black Ops	Mamadukes
4:30 PM	BSC Rapids		Mamadukes	Black Ops
5:30 PM	Black Ops		BSC Rapids	BSC Rapids
6:30 PM	3rd place		2nd place
7:30 PM	Winner 3v2		First Place	Championship
12/28/2022	Wednesday		Harrisburg Heat	Holiday Tournament
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	HS Coed
8:00 PM	Munch Academy		Trojans	Munch Academy
8:30 PM	The Griswalds		Deck The Balls	Trojans
9:00 PM	Munch Academy		The Griswalds	The Griswalds
9:30 PM	Trojans		Deck The Balls	Deck The Balls
10:00 PM	Deck The Balls		Munch Academy
10:30 PM	The Griswalds		Trojans
11:00 PM	2nd place		1st place	Championship
12/29/2022	Thursday		Harrisburg Heat	REVISED
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	U11 Girls
8:00 AM	FC Balto		Bays Crush Premier	FC Balto
9:00 AM	Das Bierhalle		Susquehanna FC Krakens	Bays Crush Premier
10:00 AM	FC Balto		Das Bierhalle	Das Bierhalle
11:00 AM	Bays Crush Premier		Susquehanna FC Krakens	Susquehanna FC Krakens
12:00 PM	Susquehanna FC Krakens		FC Balto
1:00 PM	Das Bierhalle		Bays Crush Premier
2:00 PM	2nd place		1st place	Championship
12/29/2022	Thursday		Harrisburg Heat	REVISED
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	U13 Girls
8:30 AM	Reign FC		Goal Diggers	Reign FC
9:30 AM	Jingle Ballers		Susquehanna FC Express	Goal Diggers
10:30 AM	Storm		Reign FC	Jingle Ballers
11:30 AM	Goal Diggers		Jingle Ballers	Susquehanna FC Express
12:30 PM	Susquehanna FC Express		Storm	Storm
1:30 PM	5th place		4th place
2:30 PM	3rd place		2nd place
3:00 PM	winner 5v4		1st place
4:00 PM	winner 3v2		(winner 5v4) vs 1st place	Championship
12/29/2022	Thursday		Harrisburg Heat	REVISED
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	U16 Girls
3:30 PM	Hair By Caroline		Old Line Pride FC	Hair By Caroline
4:30 PM	The Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies		Lady Christos	Old Line Pride FC
5:00 PM	Bah Humbug		Hair By Caroline	The Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies
5:30 PM	Old Line Pride FC		The Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies	Lady Christos
6:00 PM	Lady Christos		Bah Humbug	Bah Humbug
6:30 PM	5th place		4th place
7:00 PM	3rd place		2nd place
7:30 PM	winner 5v4		1st place
8:00 PM	winner 3v2		(winner 5v4) vs 1st place	Championship
12/30/2022	Friday		Harrisburg Heat	Holiday Tournament
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	Under 10 Boys
9:00 AM	Team Fish		North Chesapeake	Team Fish
9:30 AM	Key FC		Coppermine SC Premier	North Chesapeake
10:30 AM	Team Fish		Key FC	Key FC
11:30 AM	North Chesapeake		Coppermine SC Premier	Coppermine SC Premier
12:30 PM	Coppermine SC Premier		Team Fish
1:30 PM	Key FC		North Chesapeake
2:30 PM	2nd place		1st place	Championship
12/30/2022	Friday		Harrisburg Heat	Holiday Tournament
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	U13 Boys
10:00 AM	Those Boys		Guerreros	Those Boys
11:00 AM	Independent Brewing		Those Boys	Guerreros
12:00 PM	Guerreros		Independent Brewing	Independent Brewing
1:00 PM	3rd place		2nd place
2:00 PM	Winner 3v2		First Place	Championship
12/30/2022	Friday		Harrisburg Heat	Holiday Tournament
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	Under 15 Boys
3:00 PM	Boyle Loyal		The 11 Lovos	Boyle Loyal
3:30 PM	EASL		North Pole United	The 11 Lovos
4:30 PM	Boyle Loyal		EASL	EASL
5:30 PM	The 11 Lovos		North Pole United	North Pole United
6:30 PM	North Pole United		Boyle Loyal
7:30 PM	EASL		The 11 Lovos
8:30 PM	2nd place		1st place	Championship
12/30/2022	Friday		Harrisburg Heat	Revised
Time	Home	vs	Visitors	U18/19 Boys
4:00 PM	Trojans		Santas Lads	Trojans
5:00 PM	EAST		Shiesty Shooters	Santas Lads
6:00 PM	Last Minute		Trojans	EAST
7:00 PM	Santas Lads		EAST	Shiesty Shooters
8:00 PM	Shiesty Shooters		Last Minute	Last Minute
9:00 PM	5th place		4th place
9:30 PM	3rd place		2nd place
10:00 PM	winner 5v4		1st place
10:30 PM	winner 3v2		(winner 5v4) vs 1st place	championship