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H. Seeding – The NJCAA Division I and II Men’s Soccer Committees will seed the 12 teams that qualify for the tournament, using the following
procedure:
1. The committee will use the most recent poll, as well as game-by-game results, utilizing the NJCAA school site
(www.njcaa.org/msoc/teams), which will be a requirement for a team to be seeded.
2. A ranking form will be sent to all committee members, who will rank teams 1-12, utilizing a 14, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,
1 ranking system. An open seeding selection will occur by ranking of the NJCAA Division I and II Men’s Soccer
Committee. District champions do not have to be ranked higher than an at-large from their own district.
3. The soccer chair will use composite point totals to rank the 12 teams.
4. In case of a tie, the team with the highest number of higher ranked points, will be given the higher seed.
Section 4. Rules and Procedures
A. All regular season, regional, district and national tournament games will be played under the current NCAA Soccer rules with the
following exceptions:
1. Unlimited substitutions apply with a stoppage of the game clock during substitutions from the leading team “at anytime” in
the last five minutes of the game.
2. Any player receiving a yellow card (caution) must leave the game for a substitute, including the goalkeeper. Game includes
regulation play, overtime periods and penalty kicks. They may return to the game at the next legal substitution point.
NOTE: The next legal substitution point is defined as follows:
Shooters – after 10 penalty kicks have been taken by the offending team
Goalkeepers – after one penalty kick has been taken against the offending team
3. All National Tournament games will follow NCAA overtime rules for postseason (90 minutes regulation time followed by two
sudden victory overtime periods of 10 minutes, followed by penalty kicks).
4. The Select “Super” or “Brilliant Super” ball shall be the official regular season game ball of the NJCAA beginning fall 2015. The
Select “Super” ball shall be used at NJCAA Championships.
i. Penalty for non-compliance of using the NJCAA Official Ball: “(Exception to NCAA Rule 2 “The Ball”) - Four official game
balls must be provided by the host team in order to begin play. In the event that this stipulation is not met, the game shall
be played with the offending head coach receiving a yellow card and the host Region being responsible to handle the
infraction which includes sending the athletic director of the offending school a letter of reprimand.”
Note: Regional Directors shall collect and report any violations and submit them to the NJCAA National Office at the
conclusion of the season.
B. Teams participating in the NJCAA Soccer Championship are limited to 25 players. These players must be identified in the score book
before the start of the first game. These players must be identified on an approved roster, which will contain the name, numbers and
accumulated cautions of all squad members. This roster must be submitted to the NJCAA Soccer Chair, or his/her designee, prior to the
first game of the tournament. No deletions or additions may be made after this time. A player who is part of his team’s roster of 25,
whose name is not listed in the score book, will be removed from the game at the point the omission is discovered.
C. Roster numbers and jerseys must be checked and verified prior to the start of the tournament. Players found wearing incorrect
numbers will be removed from the game until the problem is corrected. Players not listed on the roster, found to be participating in
the game, will be removed at that point and will not be allowed to participate in any subsequent games.
D. In the event of darkness, inclement weather or other circumstances beyond the control of the Tournament Director that prevent
games from being completed on a given day, the suspended games will be resumed from the point of suspension on the following
day and the game and time schedule will adjust accordingly. If for any reason, a team must play more than 90 minutes after a
suspended game is resumed, they will not be required to play again that day.
E. For each game of the tournament, the team with higher seed (lower number) in each game will be the HOME TEAM and wear light
colored uniforms and have choice of bench. The lower seed (higher number) will be the VISITOR TEAM and wear dark colored
uniforms.
F. NJCAA rules govern all Regional, District and National competition.
G. Tights and undergarments that extend below game pants must be the same color as game pants.
H. TOURNAMENT FORMAT / STRUCTURE

2020-2021 NJCAA DI/II MEN’S SOCCER TOURNAMENT FORMAT / STRUCTURE

POOL PLAY – DAYS 1, 2, 3 | REST DAY – DAY 4 | SEMIFINALS – DAY 5 | FINALS – DAY 6

POOL SEEDS POOL SEEDS POOL SEEDS POOL SEEDS

A 1, 8, 12 B 2, 7, 11 C 3, 6, 10 D 4, 5, 9

2020-2021 NJCAA DI/II MEN’S SOCCER POOL PLAY GAME SCHEDUL (Section 4.E above may apply)

DAY GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 GAME 4

1 1 vs. 12 2 vs. 11 3 vs. 10 4 vs. 9

2 8 vs. 12 7 vs. 11 6 vs. 10 5 vs. 9
3 1 vs. 8 2 vs. 7 3 vs. 6 4 vs. 5