Referees

• 8U-12U - 1 referee system
• 13U and older - 3 referee system is preferred
• Confirm referees with assignor
  • If referees do not show at field, contact assignor
• Policy for no show referees
  • Play with a designated ref or parent.
  • Both teams must approve the individual used for refereeing.
  • If teams decide to play the game as a friendly, both teams must send notification to the league prior to kickoff.  
  • The default position of the league is if the game is played the result stands.
  • If the game is not played, it will be rescheduled and the home team will travel to the opposing team.

Grace Periods

• Referees - 30 minutes
• Home Team - 15 minutes
• Away Team - 30 minutes

Pre-Match - Communication

• Confirm game date, time and venue with opponent
• Update GotSport with game details
• Confirm uniform colors with opponent
  • Home teams changes if conflict
• Confirm Referee Fees

Pre-Match

• Update Game Card (All secondary and club pass players must be officially added to the game card - no handwritten players)
• Print Game Card
• Bring Game Card, Roster and Passes to match
• Present Game Card and Rosters to Referees before match
• Provide Referee with payment for match
  • Only referees that are present can be paid their share of the fee
    • If one of the referees in the crew is not present, payment for that referee is not made

Post Match

• Enter Score
  • Use QR Code found on Game Card? or from the public schedule page

Additional Rules

• Heading Policy - No deliberate heading U11 and younger 
  • Specifics can be found at https://edp.playerfirsttech.com/page/heading-policy
• Build Out Line - The build out line should be used for all 7v7 games
  • Specifics can be found at edp.playerfirsttech.com/page/build-out-line-policy
• EDP League, EDP Futures, CMSSL, MD Soccerplex, EDP Florida, EDP Ohio - Unlimited substitutions.
  • NL Specific Rules can be found here - NL Team-Based League Rules
     

Weekend On-Call Numbers

MD/DC:  All MD and DC fields with a referee 'no show', please contact:  (443) 766-0610

NYE, NJ, PA, VA:  For ref 'no shows' in NYE, NJ, PA, VA, please contact your local referee assignor.

Other Questions:

USYS NL Conferences / EDP League / EDP Futures - (732) 902-1901 

EDP Florida - (407) 209-9195