Florida Club Leagues

Florida Club Leagues (“FCL”) is the state’s top youth soccer leagues, including the following levels of competition for both boys and girls, the ECNL RL, NPL, Local Premier Leagues and The FCL Academy.  As the top competition platform in the state, FCL requires the top referees in the country.

Thank you for accepting the assignment to referee in the FCL.

Below is general information and rules applicable to FCL competition:

Game Ball

  • U13-U18/U19 – Size 5 (provided by the home team)
  • U9-U12 – Size 4 (provided by the home team)

Game Length 

  1. U8, U9 & U10: 25 minute halves 
  2. U11, U12: 30 minute halves 
  3. U13: 35 minute halves 
  4. U14, U15 & U16: 40 minute halves 
  5. U17 & U18/U19: 45 minute halves 
  6. Referees should provide appropriate stoppage time in every game.

Substitutions, Check In & Passcard Handling

  • Each player, coach and staff on the bench should have an US Club passcard.
  • The FCL allows up to three (3) U15 Trapped Players to participate in U14 FCL NPL Competition ONLY during their sanctioned high school season. Please reference Rule 7.8 for more information.
  • ECNL-RL and NPL – U13-U18/U19: FIFA, seven (7) per half.  Players may not re-enter in the same half.
  • Local Premier Leagues: Unlimited substitutions. PLEASE NOTE CFPL is UNLIMITED SUBS AT ANY STOPPAGE WITH REFEREE PERMISSION. 

Rosters, Reports and Passcards

  • The home team should provide an FCL Match Report* to the referee.  Only eighteen (18) players are eligible for the match. These 18 must be indicated on the Match Report. Age-appropriate players that are not pre-printed on the roster may not be hand-written on the roster without written notification by FCL.
  • At the conclusion of the game, after the match report has been completed and signed by the referee, the referee should give the game report back to the home team. The home team is responsible for uploading the match report and reporting the score in GotSport and/or Athlete One/TGS.

*For the 24/25 season Local Premier Leagues (ECPL, WFPL, NFPL, CFPL, SEFPL) will be using a Photo Match Card.  Both teams will be responsible for brining the photo match card to the game.

Uniforms

Standard Policy

Home Team: light shirt, light socks, any short | Away Team: dark shirt, dark socks, any shorts

Two Game / Travel Weekend

Game #1 (Saturday) – Home Team: light shirt, light socks, any short | Away: dark shirt, dark socks, any shorts

Game #2(Sunday) – Home Team: dark shirt, dark socks, any short | Away: light shirt, light socks, any shorts

In event of a conflict the AWAY team will be required to change

Fees

Referees should arrive no later than 30 minutes prior to scheduled kick off time.

Game fees should be paid to referees no later than immediately after the game.  The home team is responsible for payment:

  • U17, U18/U19 Fees:  $100 to referee and $75 to each assistant referee.
  • U14, U15, & U16: $85 to referee and $60 to each assistant referee.
  • U13: $80 to referee and $60 to each assistant referee.
  • U11 & U12: $60 to center referee and $40 to each assistant referee.
  • U8, U9 & U10: $50 to center referee.

Red Cards

The referee reports all red cards with corresponding documentation immediately following the game to redcard@floridaclubleagues.com. The referee assignor should also be included. The report should include age group, teams, player(s) sent off, the offense, and referee’s name, email and phone number.  Referees should not keep player passes for players that are sent off, they should be returned to the coach or team manager. Please use this supplemental referee reportand submit it with the above information to the FCL.